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grew up

verb

past tense of grow up
as in grew
to become mature everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives

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Recent Examples of grew up The Macon, Mississippi, native grew up 40 minutes from Starkville, was a multi-sport athlete in high school and has attended the Manning Passing Academy as a high schooler and counselor. — Pj Green september 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 Born in Ohio, Steinem grew up poor, the daughter of a nomadic antique dealer father and an ex-journalist mother who spent time in psychiatric hospitals. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 22 Sep. 2026 In Tanzania, local guide Anderson Mgesi grew up in a village in the Iringa region, where bushmeat fed his family. — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 The people who grew up on smartphones are now stripping them down, swapping them out or leaving them behind. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026 Lazzara grew up in High Point before joining Long Island’s Taking Back Sunday on bass and eventually taking over as lead vocalist. — Courtney Devores, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026 For Hayley and Tyler, their grandmothers’ willingness to join in carried another layer of meaning because the women grew up in a generation with more rigid ideas about weddings. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 John grew up in nearby Saltburn, played in the amateur leagues and left to find work in 1990. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Born in Bangladesh, Alamgir grew up in Kuwait before moving to New York as a teenager. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grew up
  1. grew
  2. progressed
  3. aged
Verb
  • The Dome Fire grew by 283 acres Saturday night, according to wildfire authorities, and was 3,222 acres and 15% contained as of Monday morning.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Streaming grew the industry while fueling years of complaints about artist pay.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of grew
Verb
  • According to witnesses and emergency dispatch audio, the parents, Nate Geminiano and Karollyn Zepeda, were caught in a backup while trying to get to the hospital when labor progressed faster than expected.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Mahomes also went right, progressed through his reads and found Royals in the back of the end zone.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of progressed
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  • Communism’s appeal among Gen Z is twice as high as among 45-54 year olds, and three times as high as among those aged 55-64.
    — Luba Kassova, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Eight others were injured, with four in critical condition, and all the victims were students aged 14 to 17, said Albert Palencia, mayor of Banga town in South Cotabato, where the shooting took place.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of aged

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“Grew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grew%20up. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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