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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And an up-and-coming Rihanna also hit the stage at the Nokia Theatre that year.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
During the summer of 1992, Richard Linklater gathered all the up-and-coming talent in young Hollywood and shipped them off to Texas to make a film about the last day of the 1976 school year.
—Lia Beck, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Laugh out loud with some of the Bay Area’s best up-and-coming comedians.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
This up-and-coming brand, Feel Free, was marketing itself as something slightly different.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
During the summer of 1992, Richard Linklater gathered all the up-and-coming talent in young Hollywood and shipped them off to Texas to make a film about the last day of the 1976 school year.
—Lia Beck, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Laugh out loud with some of the Bay Area’s best up-and-coming comedians.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
This up-and-coming brand, Feel Free, was marketing itself as something slightly different.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for up-and-coming
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“Up-and-coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up-and-coming. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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