fledgling
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That was a year after fledgling social media platforms Facebook and Twitter launched to the public.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Carlos Ochoa, better known to his 2 million TikTok followers as Laundromat Money, is credited with kick-starting the online trend five years ago when he was the fledgling owner of a Visalia, Calif., laundromat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
There are also concerns it could be too easy to circumvent checks in the fledgling initiatives, and pass off AI-produced books as human-written.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
She and her husband also pay homage to these unsung cultural hubs in the latest edition of their fledgling zine, which they’ve dubbed “a gallery you can hold.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
There were issues to manage at the fledgling Livermore lab, thermonuclear tests to attend in the Nevada desert and plans to be made for new tests at Eniwetok.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Their fledglings are about one third lighter, even though the warmest days they experience reach similar temperatures of about 16-17ºC.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
Amid fading light, the delicate fledglings fluttered in a wind portending a storm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Birdhouse owners say that they wait until the fledglings have left the nest before they harvest and that neither the parents nor their babies are harmed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Spoonbill fledglings at a nature reserve are believed to be the first known breeding success in the Norfolk Broads for about 400 years.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2023
I had been right in giving a girl’s name to Lurai, for she laid speckled eggs and, with some help from her mate, hatched two ugly fledglings which soon became beautiful.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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