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
Gappy grew up in the grocery business and worked in every department, from stocking shelves to working in the meat department.
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Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
These were guys that grew up in post-war America.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Jahn’s older brother, Noah Jahn, told NBC the family grew up in Texas.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Decker grew up in Pewaukee and graduated from Pewaukee High School.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Stories from security professionals who grew up tinkering with systems, breaking things to learn and eventually pivoting into meaningful careers normalize the idea that mistakes do not define someone.
—Chris Wysopal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Like him, the child grew up in Italy and then went to school in New York, and had keys to many apartments, and a tendency to disappear.
—Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Tang grew up in Hong Kong and Panday in Nepal, both moving to the United States for college.
—Lizzie Kane, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Born Henriette Theodora Markovitch in 1907, Maar grew up between Argentina and France.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
These were guys that grew up in post-war America.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Jahn’s older brother, Noah Jahn, told NBC the family grew up in Texas.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Decker grew up in Pewaukee and graduated from Pewaukee High School.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Stories from security professionals who grew up tinkering with systems, breaking things to learn and eventually pivoting into meaningful careers normalize the idea that mistakes do not define someone.
—Chris Wysopal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Like him, the child grew up in Italy and then went to school in New York, and had keys to many apartments, and a tendency to disappear.
—Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Tang grew up in Hong Kong and Panday in Nepal, both moving to the United States for college.
—Lizzie Kane, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Born Henriette Theodora Markovitch in 1907, Maar grew up between Argentina and France.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grew up
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Over the same period, Democratic registration grew by about 38,000 voters, or roughly 3%.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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With RoboBallet, the complexity of computation also grew with the complexity of the system, but at a far slower rate.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Which brings me to the question of why this all progressed from a snowball fight to an authoritarian avalanche at such lightning speed?—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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Jinnies progressed to competitive cheerleading on the collegiate level at Orange Coast College, where his squad was undefeated.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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But six of the top eight players projected to get the most minutes this season are also aged 29 or older.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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As those deals aged—and some of those same operators dramatically scaled back their ambitions—the market re-set its expectations for those tie-ups moving forward.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Grew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grew%20up. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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