up-and-coming
adjective
up-and-com·ing
ˌəp-ən(d)-ˈkə-miŋ 
ˌəp-ᵊm-
: gaining prominence and likely to advance or succeed
an up-and-coming young actor
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At the least, up-and-coming teams such as Cleveland — the Thunder, Magic and others — are going to have incredibly difficult decisions to make in the next couple of years about what parts of their current rotations are most worth preserving.
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David Aldridge, New York Times, 22 May 2025
In the first round of the playoffs, they were pushed to the brink of collapse by the up-and-coming Detroit Pistons, led by the big, fluid, democratic passer Cade Cunningham.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
While Silicon Valley heavyweights like Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz are still able to bring in big checks, up-and-coming VCs are finding fundraising increasingly difficult.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
With Connolly’s death, Democratic leaders will now start the process of seating a permanent replacement, which is likely to be fiercely contested and could pit senior members against a newer crop of up-and-coming Democrats clamoring to rise quickly in the ranks.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 21 May 2025
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David Aldridge, New York Times, 22 May 2025
In the first round of the playoffs, they were pushed to the brink of collapse by the up-and-coming Detroit Pistons, led by the big, fluid, democratic passer Cade Cunningham.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
While Silicon Valley heavyweights like Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz are still able to bring in big checks, up-and-coming VCs are finding fundraising increasingly difficult.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
With Connolly’s death, Democratic leaders will now start the process of seating a permanent replacement, which is likely to be fiercely contested and could pit senior members against a newer crop of up-and-coming Democrats clamoring to rise quickly in the ranks.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 21 May 2025
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“Up-and-coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up-and-coming. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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