upstart

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, the whole industry is threatened by upstart, high-tech Chinese carmakers that are making lower-cost vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Then there’s the upstart GRU Space, created just last year with the goal of building hotels on the moon.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Now he was Han Solo in “Star Wars,” directed by a young upstart, George Lucas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

For the former small business adviser from Suffolk, taking a small stake in the upstart beer company from north east Scotland seemed an opportunity too good to miss.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

I will not step down to be the dotard chamberlain of an upstart.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien