raise a family
idiom
: to have and bring up children
She raised a family before she went to college.
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It was named the best city in the nation to raise a family in as well as the one of the happiest in 2025.
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Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Massachusetts, which recently also ranked the best state to raise a family, topped this list for having the third-lowest infant mortality rate and eighth-lowest for maternal mortality.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
Freese also worked with Nine Inch Nails from 2005 to 2008, leaving to raise a family.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 July 2025
Tennessee is a better place than California to raise a family.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 22 July 2025
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Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Massachusetts, which recently also ranked the best state to raise a family, topped this list for having the third-lowest infant mortality rate and eighth-lowest for maternal mortality.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
Freese also worked with Nine Inch Nails from 2005 to 2008, leaving to raise a family.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 July 2025
Tennessee is a better place than California to raise a family.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 22 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for raise a family
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“Raise a family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raise%20a%20family. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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