as in gained
to gradually increase in
you've grown in wisdom over the years
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Verb
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Heading into Tuesday’s report, Oracle shares were up 46% for the year, while the Nasdaq had gained 13%.—
Ari Levy,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025 -
The case gained widespread attention after the Charlotte Area Transit System released video footage of the killing over the weekend.—
Adeola Adeosun
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Young adults like all those who gathered to see Kirk on that sunny day.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Red Sox offense was so quiet that in the bottom of the second, a large flock of birds gathered in a sunlit patch of center field grass at the edge of the warning track and remained there undisturbed for several minutes.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The lipids used to make fats and the cell membrane are built up two carbons at a time.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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It was just really built up energy.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Grew (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grew%20%28in%29. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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