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budding

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adjective

at an early stage of development but showing promise or potential
a budding genius

budding

A form of asexual reproduction in living organisms in which new individuals form from outgrowths (buds) on the bodies of mature organisms. These outgrowths grow by means of mitotic cell division. Many simple multicellular animals such as hydras and unicellular organisms such as yeasts reproduce by budding.

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A budding palaeontologist has dug up fossils in his garden dating back 140 million years.

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And he’s been Joe Goldberg — again — but as a married man, a father and a budding philanthropist.

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The anthem of choice was “Hair Body Face,” a song sung by Lady Gaga for her role as a budding pop artist in “A Star Is Born.”

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Tesla had relied on China for components used to build its Cybercab, Musk’s budding robotaxi effort that has yet to hit public roads.

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The final signalled the end of a bruising 12-week process that started with 18 budding entrepreneurs vying to become Lord Sugar's latest protégé.

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