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grew (in)

verb

Definition of grew (in)

past tense of grow (in)

as in gained

to gradually increase in you've grown in wisdom over the years

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Amazon shares gained 4% and hit a new all-time high on Monday, putting its market cap over the $3 trillion threshold for the first time following a better-than-expected earnings report last week.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
This ideology, which gained prominence in the 1970s due to economic crises, Milton Friedman's influence, and agency theory, sidelined Peter Drucker's customer-centric view.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of gained

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The intervention on Thursday and Friday came as the Bank of Japan board gathered to set monetary policy.

— Mia Glass, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
As the official automotive sponsor of Stateside, Scout anchored its own corner of Stateside — starting with the Scout Stage — where a steady stream of emerging artists kept festival-goers gathered throughout the day.

— Lori Majewski, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of gathered

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At that time, brands and retailers had built up too much inventory following a surge of post-Covid demand, which slowed with the rise of inflation in 2022.

— Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026
Their bodies are built up in thick paint, their limbs modeled with short lateral strokes that wrap each arm into a solid cylinder.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

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