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
Both Hicks and Leo grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and served as missionaries in Latin America and are fluent in Spanish.
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
After a fierce debate about his sports team allegiances in the days after Cardinal Robert Prevost was named the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church in May 2025, it was revealed that Pope Leo XIV actually grew up a White Sox fan.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
The Idaho ties are personal for Smith, who grew up in Boise.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2026
For years, the city’s baseball fans grew up watching the Dukes, the former longtime Dodgers affiliate.
—Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Ian Fray grew up in Coconut Creek, Florida.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Tsuboi grew up in the San Gabriel Valley and remembers when Asian people were often subjected to acts of violence.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 14 May 2026
The master thief in question, Coltrane Wilder, is played with earnest grit by actor Y’lan Noel, a New York native who grew up in Decatur and Stone Mountain.
—Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 14 May 2026
How fitting, then, that a primitive predator from five hundred and sixty million years ago, a fossilized example of which was discovered near where the young David grew up, should have been named Auroralumina attenboroughii in his honor.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
After a fierce debate about his sports team allegiances in the days after Cardinal Robert Prevost was named the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church in May 2025, it was revealed that Pope Leo XIV actually grew up a White Sox fan.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
The Idaho ties are personal for Smith, who grew up in Boise.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 May 2026
For years, the city’s baseball fans grew up watching the Dukes, the former longtime Dodgers affiliate.
—Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Ian Fray grew up in Coconut Creek, Florida.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Tsuboi grew up in the San Gabriel Valley and remembers when Asian people were often subjected to acts of violence.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 14 May 2026
The master thief in question, Coltrane Wilder, is played with earnest grit by actor Y’lan Noel, a New York native who grew up in Decatur and Stone Mountain.
—Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 14 May 2026
How fitting, then, that a primitive predator from five hundred and sixty million years ago, a fossilized example of which was discovered near where the young David grew up, should have been named Auroralumina attenboroughii in his honor.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grew up
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The sounds grew louder, and soon armed and masked men were swarming the village, setting its straw huts on fire and indiscriminately shooting villagers.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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But as production costs rose and financing grew more risk-averse, those ambitious historical spectacles gradually disappeared from the big screen, replaced by smaller auteur dramas, comedies and internationally portable genre films.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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But as the season has progressed and the pressure has increased, their margins of victory have become tighter.—
Dean Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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As Dan’s relationship with Kolkena progressed, Betty reportedly left vulgar and threatening messages on the couple’s answering machine, prompting Dan to threaten criminal contempt action, according to the Los Angeles Times.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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The 35-year-old Fernandez started his soccer career in Mexico aged 15, but injury ended curtailed his career.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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The victims include a 14-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man from Honduras, as well as a 29-year-old woman and two men -- aged 45 and 56 -- from Mexico, according to the Webb County Medical Examiner's Office.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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“Grew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grew%20up. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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