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up-and-comer

noun

  1. informal.
    someone who shows promise in a particular field and appears likely to be successful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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Up-and-comer RaiNao added sultry top notes to the synth-dembow of “Perfumito Nuevo.â€

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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.

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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.

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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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