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

According to the nonprofit Owl Research Institute, this stage is known as fledgling, when young birds leave the nest before they are fully capable of flight and begin exploring their surroundings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 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 first ggeh was formed from a couple dozen storekeepers who knew each other through a fledgling Korean-American business association.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee