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up-and-comer
noun
- informal.someone who shows promise in a particular field and appears likely to be successful
Example Sentences
South by Southwest is an avenue for discovery, whether it’s music’s most promising up-and-comer, the latest technology or a soon-to-be award-winning film.
Up-and-comer RaiNao added sultry top notes to the synth-dembow of “Perfumito Nuevo.â€
In the early 1950s, Spencer was recruiting for the Junior Chamber of Commerce when an arch-conservative up-and-comer, John Rousselot, made an offer: He would join the chamber if Spencer would join the GOP.
The up-and-comer says being recognized on this level feels like a “crazy trip,†as he sees so much of himself in his younger listeners.
It stars Michael Pitt, too, another signal of the comeback generosity being seeded here, since the actor, who’s had off-screen troubles, has felt absent from the industry that once anointed him an up-and-comer.
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