as in to grow
to become mature
everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives
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Recent Examples of grow up
Highland Park junior midfielder Jake Rhine grew up around the game of soccer.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2025
Mary grew up in Rolla, Missouri, with an older sister, raised by their father after their mother died when Mary was about 10.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Young grew up in Kentucky as the youngest of 11 children.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025
If the narwhal tusk, a tightly spiraling tooth than can grow up to nine feet in length, was not in fact from a unicorn, then perhaps the horn of the southern African wildebeest or gnu was what the ancients meant by a unicorn—never mind that these are actually two-horned.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Apr. 2025
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2025
Mary grew up in Rolla, Missouri, with an older sister, raised by their father after their mother died when Mary was about 10.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Young grew up in Kentucky as the youngest of 11 children.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025
If the narwhal tusk, a tightly spiraling tooth than can grow up to nine feet in length, was not in fact from a unicorn, then perhaps the horn of the southern African wildebeest or gnu was what the ancients meant by a unicorn—never mind that these are actually two-horned.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grow up
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By the 2022-23 school year, that percentage had grown to 28%.—
Beth Swanson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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After even a short amount of time, a home with high humidity will begin to smell musty and grow mold.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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This approval is a significant step forward and should open the doorway to a therapy that has clear clinical advantages for the patient with mCRPC who has progressed on one ARPI and has not received chemotherapy.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Engaging stakeholders transparently about DEI strategies and progress fosters trust and demonstrates a genuine commitment to inclusivity.—
Jason Wingard,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Lowering these hormones became a critical part of keeping the cancer from developing further.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
10 Apr. 2025
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To resolve this issue, researchers have been developing new ways to train machine learning algorithms with fewer labels.—
Eloy Geenjaar,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Grow up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grow%20up. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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