upstart in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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upstart [ˈʌpstɑ:t, Am -stɑ:rt] N pej

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Upstart marketing firms are targeting specific ethnic populations.
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He provokes the ire of a major network station that dislikes the competitive upstart.
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The young boogaloo upstarts were outselling their older counterparts.
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It's a touch circumlocutory in places, cause it's written by an upstart 24-year-old, but other than that it stands up really well.
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An upstart race, the humans, have threatened our homes and our existence.
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The dismissal was as much political as literary, aimed at upstart young writers deemed uncouth for their lack of education, non-formal rhyming and low diction.
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These reforms gained him enemies in the upper classes, especially among the high nobility, who despised him as a social upstart.
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These upstart brewers committed to using all-malt recipes, and to highlighting the hoppy flavors in their beers.
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The very announcement that a larger or better-known company is working on a competing product may damp interest in the smaller upstart.
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Song took an interest in the young upstart and wrote a new character for him, leading to his acting debut.
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