GREW UP Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

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 From Montblanc to Leica Giannattasio, who grew up in Astoria, Queens, came to Leica from luxury goods, not cameras. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 Rose is a British actress and filmmaker who grew up in Mallorca. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026 The daughter of Cuban immigrants who came to Miami as children through Operation Pedro Pan, Yvette Ostolaza grew up in Miami's Grapeland Heights neighborhood where a college education wasn't always a given. — Najahe Sherman, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Johnny’s last name comes from the name of the street Berry grew up on, Goode Avenue. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Imagine Applebee’s had a cousin that grew up in Bel-Air and insisted on only the best ingredients. — Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026 Pharmaceutical media grew up around the moments that could be accessed, including the physician in the exam room and the patient in the waiting room. — Harshit Jain, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Ann Mannix was a fourth-generation San Franciscan who grew up in the Jordan Park neighborhood and was involved in sports teams as a youth, according to her biography on the San Francisco Police League Activities website. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Mage, who grew up in France, went from California dreaming to living the dream. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026

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Melanie Lawrence, a 68-year-old independent, worries about wells going dry in her area near Willcox, where the groundwater grew so depleted that the land started to crack.

— Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
China’s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter thanks to the country’s powerful export machine, with domestic consumption still lagging and the authorities showing little interest in fiscal stimulus.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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