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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Security & Defense Reporter Ellie Cook , Reporting From Munich, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Security & Defense Reporter Ellie Cook , Reporting From Munich, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Iranians want a full-fledged democracy, not an autocracy.
—Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2025
But then Urie heard from a friend of America Ferrera’s then-boyfriend Ryan Piers Williams that he’d been promoted to a full-fledged cast member.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Their new album, Plus One, represents the group’s first full-fledged attempt at carving a space in mainstream country music.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Full-fledged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-fledged. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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