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- verb Present participle of
fledge .
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Examples
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I am particularly intrigued by the evidence of indeterminate growth in pterosaurs and the fact that they actually grew significantly after 'fledging' (or whatever the correct word is to describe the equivalent for pterosaurs!).
Those sexy tupuxuarids Darren Naish 2006
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The prospects for the "fledging" business were "fatally undermined" by the sharp economic downturn, said Joe Higgins, chief executive of BoSI.
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The prospects for the "fledging" business were "fatally undermined" by the sharp economic downturn, said Joe Higgins, chief executive of BoSI.
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The prospects for the "fledging" business were "fatally undermined" by the sharp economic downturn, said Joe Higgins, chief executive of BoSI.
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The prospects for the "fledging" business were "fatally undermined" by the sharp economic downturn, said Joe Higgins, chief executive of BoSI.
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- poulos is a suffix meaning son, apparently from the Latin PULLUS, meaning "fledging" or
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Did they even have fledging space programs in the 80's when ISS went forward?
Is the International Space Station Truly International? - NASA Watch 2009
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In addition to top authors that you know your readers will adore, you can add fledging talent about to embark on new series to your roster.
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 3) 2009
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In 1986, I was a fledging openly gay black man on an overwhelmingly white college campus in the Midwest.
AIDS, Identity and Legacy in Contemporary Gay History « 2010
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There wouldn't have been much meat on a sparrow flattened by a brick, but perhaps more than on a fledging.
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