fledgling
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Goldhaber recalls the summer in the early 2010s he spent as a content moderator for a fledgling internet company a “fundamental point of inspiration.”
From Los Angeles Times
A mama robin hops after her fledgling, her offering of food dangling from her beak.
From Literature
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He’s shown a tender, encouraging side in his support of his fledgling golfer son, Charlie.
According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, Wayne, an engineer at the Atari video game company, was in charge of hardware engineering and documentation in the fledgling business.
From Barron's
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
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