second growth
noun
: forest trees that come up naturally after removal of the first growth by cutting or by fire
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While Amazon built the foundation, TikTok Shop has become the second growth accelerator, says Mendoza.
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Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
That second growth wave hasn't materialized.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
The second growth area is Agent Bricks, Databricks’ platform for building AI agents that work with proprietary enterprise data.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
This is usually done when the annual or perennial plant has become leggy or spindly and flower production has slowed to stimulate the plant into having a second growth spurt.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 July 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
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
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Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
That second growth wave hasn't materialized.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
The second growth area is Agent Bricks, Databricks’ platform for building AI agents that work with proprietary enterprise data.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
This is usually done when the annual or perennial plant has become leggy or spindly and flower production has slowed to stimulate the plant into having a second growth spurt.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 July 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
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
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