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 Co-writers Lustig and Roth were born in the same Toronto maternity ward on either side of midnight and grew up together at summer camp and have been best friends for decades. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 Feierabend, who grew up next to Centerville Beach, said vehicles are not destroying the beach — the ocean is. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Like so many actors who grew up in Hollywood, Raven says the industry shaped her own self-image in many ways—positive, negative, and neutral. — Kara McGrath, Allure, 29 Sep. 2026 Many of them are inspired by the real-life men and women Noe grew up around in his home region of eastern Kentucky. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026 The siblings grew up at Park House on the royal family’s Sandringham estate, before moving into their family’s ancestral home, Althorp, in 1975. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grew up
  1. grew
  2. progressed
  3. aged
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  • The total number of recalls grew 21% from 2021 to 2025, based on an analysis by Trace One, a provider of regulatory guidance software.
    — Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Ironically, my subsequent work on an implant-free strategy to close PFOs grew directly out of studying the pouch.
    — Subramaniam C. Krishnan, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of grew
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  • Yet as the evening progressed to the main marquee sale, buyer caution and risk aversion became clear.
    — Hok-hang Cheung, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The applicant portal supports people who have progressed through portions of the special-agent hiring process, making the type of information potentially involved especially sensitive.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of progressed
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  • And stay tuned for more aged tequila from Dos Hombres, because an anejo expression is scheduled to arrive sometime in 2027 (no word if that will also be aged in Four Roses barrels), and perhaps an extra anejo could arrive sometime down the road.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Mushrooms is the latest Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission, named for the Australian philanthropist and businessman Neil Balnaves, who died in a boating accident near Tahiti in 2022, aged 77.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of aged

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