fledgling
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And conveniently for Bogle and for Vanguard, because this passive strategy technically required no “investment advisory services,” the fledgling firm was permitted to do it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
But as trading relationships began opening back up through the first half of the decade, fledgling pistachio growers in the U.S. took issue with the volume and low price of Iranian pistachio imports.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
Reed Hastings, who helped launched Netflix from a fledgling DVD mail-order business into a global streaming juggernaut, plans to exit the company after nearly three decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
His fledgling car company manufactured just under 10,000 vehicles in the early 1980s before going bankrupt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
A mama robin hops after her fledgling, her offering of food dangling from her beak.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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