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up-and-coming

[ uhp-uhn-kuhm-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

up-and-coming

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Bolstered by the momentum of Savage, Masters continued to accumulate up-and-coming conservative talent.

A former great urging another man to forcefully keep an up-and-coming female rapper in line?

At the same time, though, they wanted to define themselves as sort of elite and up-and-coming.

And: Once engaged to NBA star Sasha Vujacic, Sharapova is now involved with up-and-coming tennis player Grigor Dimitrov.

Michelle Obama Wears Tanya Taylor: Up-and-coming designer Tanya Taylor received a pretty big compliment on Wednesday.

This up-and-coming station on the route which binds Numidia with Africa is possessed of a remarkable source of fresh-water supply.

And these individuals might be willing to invest some of their capital in some up-and-coming young businessmen, young politicians.

They were certainly a very pretty-appearing young couple, and the gentleman was evidently up-and-coming.

Her mother was a handsome woman, though she had an up-and-coming kind of way with her.

But I never saw a town that had such up-and-coming people as Gopher Prairie.

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