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brought up

verb

past tense of bring up
1
as in raised
to bring to maturity through care and education it takes an immense commitment and a lot of love to bring up a child properly

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2
as in introduced
to present or bring forward for discussion I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money

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3
as in stopped
to bring (something) to a standstill wasn't expecting the operator to bring up the carnival ride so suddenly

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Recent Examples of brought up Using hydraulic modeling, MMSD determined that about 400 properties would have faced an elevated risk of basement backups even if the pipe had been open during April’s weeklong storms, which brought up to 9 inches of rain. — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Things fell apart between Teagan and Cam at Fall Formal when financial aid was brought up, and Cam decided to break things off with Teagan. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 Pegula broke back to love for 2-2, but Navarro immediately brought up two more break points. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 At one point, a number of school officials were prepared to punish the school, with the topic of expulsion being brought up numerous times. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026 To address cost worries, the finance options should be brought up early in the discussion. — Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026 He was also asked about being one of Hollywood’s last movie stars, and Clooney swiftly brought up two of his idols and good friends, Gregory Peck and Paul Newman. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026 Others brought up the administration’s decision to scrap beef tariffs unpopular with corners of the party. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026 All the issues that CalBike initially brought up were addressed through changes to the bill text, Ramsey said. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brought up
  1. raised
  2. introduced
  3. stopped
  4. fostered
  5. placed
  6. halted
  7. stalled
  8. caught
Verb
  • From that restaurant Cardoso could look out the window and see sloping hills and Lucas’ Wagyu cows raised there on the farm.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Neighbors cite traffic risks in the area Neighbors said ongoing construction in the area had created a dangerous traffic pattern and raised concerns about children walking to and from school.
    — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of raised
Verb
  • In the 250 years since Newton introduced his famous laws of motion, physicists had come to believe their equations described a reality that was entirely independent of human action or interpretation.
    — Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The proposal ultimately stalled after Assembly leaders asked that it be introduced as a separate policy bill rather than as a trailer bill, Fine said.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of introduced
Verb
  • The first leg was stopped after Vinicius Junior said he had been racially abused by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni, who denied the allegation.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • British driver Ollie Millroy thanked rival Loek Hartog for saving his life after the Dutch racer stopped and pulled him from a burning Ferrari during a China GT Championship race in Shanghai on Saturday.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • Projects are fostered by Guild members, who then weigh in at various stages of a project’s life cycle, reading scripts and viewing test screenings.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Deutsch has reportedly fostered more than 200 children over the years.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of fostered
Verb
  • There was some experimenting with the memoir being all letters, one big letter, or placed interstitially among narrative, but there were always going to be the letters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The defendant attempted to flee the scene, but the victim and his friends gave chase, eventually flagging down a police officer who caught Amin and placed him under arrest, prosecutors said.
    — Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of placed
Verb
  • This wider story spans five centuries from the first enslavement of the Caribbean Lucayan and Taíno in 1492 to the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978, which slowly halted the stealing of tens of thousands of Native children through adoptions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Unifor, the Canadian auto union, has halted contract talks with Stellantis.
    — Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of halted
Verb
  • His antitrust lawsuit, filed in collaboration with 11 other Democratic state attorneys general, has since stalled the largest Hollywood merger in decades and put Ellison in a jam.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The proposal ultimately stalled after Assembly leaders asked that it be introduced as a separate policy bill rather than as a trailer bill, Fine said.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of stalled
Verb
  • Surveillance cameras caught video of the suspect [Brown] dressed in black with a mask and a gun walking to a set of pumps where another man was already putting gas into his Acura on the driver's side.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Rafael Lopez, a Downey resident who has lived next door to the Kim family for years, said the FBI raid last summer caught neighbors by surprise when they were jolted awake by megaphones.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of caught

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“Brought up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brought%20up. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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