fledgling

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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

Then, just a year later, Jack Dorsey hired her as the chief financial officer of Square, a fledgling payments startup with only a few hundred employees.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Even if they get early assistance from the government, these fledgling companies won’t survive unless they win actual government contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 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

The patrolman glanced up and saw, framed against the starlit sky, two winged silhouettes— the baby owl’s parents, anxiously circling their frightened fledgling.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen