raise a family
idiom
: to have and bring up children
She raised a family before she went to college.
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Haughey monetized them via Google ads and was able to drop his day job as a web designer, buy a house, and raise a family.
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 12 July 2024
The town ranked in the top 10 communities to raise a family in Connecticut on Niche.com, and the median age of Weston residents is 46 years old.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2024
Niche also ranks Overland Park as the seventh-best city to raise a family and the eight-best city to live in the United States.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
The Bay Area is the ideal place to raise a family in the U.S.—the city of Fremont, California, to be exact.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 June 2024
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Steven Levy, WIRED, 12 July 2024
The town ranked in the top 10 communities to raise a family in Connecticut on Niche.com, and the median age of Weston residents is 46 years old.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2024
Niche also ranks Overland Park as the seventh-best city to raise a family and the eight-best city to live in the United States.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
The Bay Area is the ideal place to raise a family in the U.S.—the city of Fremont, California, to be exact.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 June 2024
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