full-fledged
adjective
2
: having attained complete status
full-fledged lawyer
3
: full-blown sense 2
a full-fledged reunion
Examples of full-fledged in a Sentence
it was years before he became a full-fledged star
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Over the past four years, Trump’s thoughts on boosting America’s icebreaker industrial base grew into a full-fledged international agreement.
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Craig Hooper, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The Ozark Mountain Music Festival has grown from its humble beginnings (11 acts over three days) to a full-fledged experience with 30 bands, artists live painting in the lobby and a weekend of good company.
—Dustin Staggs, arkansasonline.com, 9 Jan. 2025
The trio reunited in 1978 for a concert protesting nuclear energy, then embarked on a full-fledged summer tour (which produced the live disc, Reunion).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
The company also announced that its Horizon Zero Dawn adaptation is no longer a TV show produced by Netflix but a full-fledged movie that’ll cover Aloy’s exploits in the first game, and that the second season of The Last of Us is coming to HBO in April.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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Craig Hooper, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The Ozark Mountain Music Festival has grown from its humble beginnings (11 acts over three days) to a full-fledged experience with 30 bands, artists live painting in the lobby and a weekend of good company.
—Dustin Staggs, arkansasonline.com, 9 Jan. 2025
The trio reunited in 1978 for a concert protesting nuclear energy, then embarked on a full-fledged summer tour (which produced the live disc, Reunion).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
The company also announced that its Horizon Zero Dawn adaptation is no longer a TV show produced by Netflix but a full-fledged movie that’ll cover Aloy’s exploits in the first game, and that the second season of The Last of Us is coming to HBO in April.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Full-fledged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-fledged. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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