fledgling
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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
Mr. Ergen’s fledgling network failed to get off the ground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
He reached the upper echelons of the military establishment in the late 1990s when he became commander of the Guards' fledgling aerospace forces.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
Hall, who has won two caps for his country, has yet to earn a call-up under Thomas Tuchel following an injury-disrupted period in his fledgling career.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Greater shape and clarity, of course, was what the fledgling record industry preferred to long-winded periods of virtuoso meandering.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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