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as in to cultivate
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer
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as in to develop
to become mature
you've grown so much since we last saw each other
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Recent Examples of grow
Since the early 1980s, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard helped develop Hezbollah, which has since grown to become the largest and most powerful group in Lebanon.
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Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
Bio-graphite can be used directly in batteries or blended with petroleum streams, helping meet growing domestic demand.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
Crane, who ran off GM James Click after the Astros won the 2022 World Series, might grow restless with anything short of another title.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The pair held a construction job in Tampa but soon grew bored at home in between their shifts.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
Bio-graphite can be used directly in batteries or blended with petroleum streams, helping meet growing domestic demand.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
Crane, who ran off GM James Click after the Astros won the 2022 World Series, might grow restless with anything short of another title.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The pair held a construction job in Tampa but soon grew bored at home in between their shifts.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grow
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They were traced to the purchase of 11 real estate properties, 14 plots of land cultivated as vineyards and olive groves, along with artworks and financial assets in Florence and the neighboring Tuscan countryside.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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In Seoul, Kim sits down with leading figures from the K-pop world to investigate how the industry cultivated an extraordinarily devoted international following.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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Far more infants given Mead Johnson’s product developed a buildup of acid in the blood called metabolic acidosis than those fed Abbott’s product — 19 versus four, according to results published in the journal PharmacoEconomics.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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The guys have put in blood, sweat and tears to develop a top-four defense two weeks ago.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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To him, division within the Republican Party became prominent after conservative activist and Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk was shot dead on a college campus in Utah last September.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2026
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Iran also is targeting data centers with both cyber and conventional weapons, showing how important the centers have become to the economy, communications and military information security.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The bottom of the lineup produced both of Miami’s runs in the second inning, with an Owen Caissie double to left-center field driving in Xavier Edwards and a Javier Sanoja single down the left-field line scoring Caissie.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The American Meteor Society says that there was a notable increase in fireball activity in early 2026, with ten incidents until mid-March producing more than 100 witness reports apiece.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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As mission teams progress through the countdown, expect to hear SLS, which stands for Space Launch System, to indicate the rocket.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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There are two types of sleeping sickness, each named after the region of Africa where it was historically found; both progress through two distinct stages.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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The move will allow TSA employees to get their paychecks as early as March 30 instead of waiting for back pay after the shutdown ends.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hope Harvill got the game winner in the 17th minute off an assist by Paola Granados for the Mustangs.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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The project — a five-story development that would provide 40 units for farmworkers aged 55 and older — received city approval that year but is not yet close to breaking ground.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Pets fit within a broader national caregiving crisis Pet care may not be the most acute need among many families caring for children with special needs and aging parents with health issues.—
Krysta Escobar,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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Could a straighter road make cars go faster?—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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To meet his growing costs, Meraj had increased the price of a cup of tea from ten rupees to fifteen, a fifty-per-cent rise (in New York terms, like a cup of drip coffee going from just shy of four dollars to nearly six overnight).—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Grow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grow. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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