second growth
noun
: forest trees that come up naturally after removal of the first growth by cutting or by fire
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Infiltrating pop without losing the country connection meant that Swift created a second growth engine.
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Christian Stadler, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Catch up quick: Founders Fund in 2022 raised $3.4 billion for its second growth equity fund and $1.8 billion for its eighth early-stage fund.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
Siddhi Capital raised a second growth equity fund of $135 million to invest in food, beverage and food tech, managing partner Melissa Facchina tells Axios.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 30 July 2024
That doubled to $4.4 billion with the second growth fund in 2022.
—Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
The sparrow may indicate disturbance, while the becard is a fly-catcher-like mid-level insect-eating bird of second growth and river-edge forest.
—Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2013
The trouble is that this second growth doesn’t yield much grain, which is why farmers plow up the paddies and plant new seedlings.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 7 Nov. 2022
Private equity giant Blackstone has been fundraising for its second growth fund this year.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 29 June 2022
When treviso is forced to undergo a second growth in the dark, its leaves firm up and spiral into creepy tentacles.
—Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2021
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Christian Stadler, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Catch up quick: Founders Fund in 2022 raised $3.4 billion for its second growth equity fund and $1.8 billion for its eighth early-stage fund.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
Siddhi Capital raised a second growth equity fund of $135 million to invest in food, beverage and food tech, managing partner Melissa Facchina tells Axios.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 30 July 2024
That doubled to $4.4 billion with the second growth fund in 2022.
—Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
The sparrow may indicate disturbance, while the becard is a fly-catcher-like mid-level insect-eating bird of second growth and river-edge forest.
—Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2013
The trouble is that this second growth doesn’t yield much grain, which is why farmers plow up the paddies and plant new seedlings.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 7 Nov. 2022
Private equity giant Blackstone has been fundraising for its second growth fund this year.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 29 June 2022
When treviso is forced to undergo a second growth in the dark, its leaves firm up and spiral into creepy tentacles.
—Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2021
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