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noun a person who is beginning to develop a particular skill or talent

adjective showing promise or potential for development

• The budding artist spent hours perfecting her latest masterpiece.
• My cousin is a budding chef and loves experimenting with new recipes.
• Check out the budding entrepreneur hustling to make their dreams a reality.
• The budding friendship between the two colleagues showed promise for a strong bond in the future.

noun A temporary fashion, activity, or interest that is followed enthusiastically by a group of people for a short period of time.

• The marketing team is analyzing the data to determine if the recent increase in sales is due to a fad or a sustainable trend.
• I'm not sure if this new diet craze is just a fad or if it actually works.
• Everyone's jumping on the latest fad workout routine, but who knows how long it'll last.
• His interest in painting was just a passing fad, he quickly moved on to other hobbies.

noun a group of birds or animals that are gathered together

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence, in this case, 'to' indicates the direction or destination of the flock

• Tourists from all over the world flock to the historic city to admire its architecture.
• People always flock to the new bakery in town because their pastries are amazing.
• Teenagers flock to the mall on weekends to hang out with their friends.
• Investors flock to the stock market when they hear about a new opportunity for high returns.

noun a newly coined word or expression

adjective relating to or characteristic of neologisms

• The linguist introduced a new neologism to describe the phenomenon.
• I heard a cool neologism on the internet the other day.
• That neologism is so lit, I'm definitely adding it to my vocabulary.
• The artist used the neologism as a metaphor for societal change.

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

article a word that is used to specify a noun as definite or indefinite

• In the realm of physics, quantum entanglement is a thing that continues to baffle scientists.
• Have you heard? Meal prepping is a thing now among fitness enthusiasts.
• Dude, that new dance move is totally a thing right now.
• Finding inner peace amidst chaos is truly a thing worth striving for.