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
Narsesian lives near Cheboygan and grew up along Black Lake.
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Sarah Brumfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
As with most pro surfers who grew up in the region, Granger has done his fair share of contests at the famed pier.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Ashcraft grew up about 100 miles south of Globe Life Field near Waco.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
From the age of three, the two grew up as next-door neighbors in Orange County, California, forming a bond long before either had a sense of career trajectory.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Ortiz-Concha grew up in the Taos Pueblo and named the space for his late mother.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Brendan LaFave grew up in a big Catholic family—the second-eldest of eight siblings living in a large house in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Sotomayor grew up in public housing in the Bronx while Kavanaugh grew up in the suburbs of Maryland.
—Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Josh grew up struggling, and this job has helped fund a man cave full of sports memorabilia and a Minimoog synthesizer with which Josh still hopes to make music.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Sarah Brumfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
As with most pro surfers who grew up in the region, Granger has done his fair share of contests at the famed pier.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Ashcraft grew up about 100 miles south of Globe Life Field near Waco.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
From the age of three, the two grew up as next-door neighbors in Orange County, California, forming a bond long before either had a sense of career trajectory.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Ortiz-Concha grew up in the Taos Pueblo and named the space for his late mother.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Brendan LaFave grew up in a big Catholic family—the second-eldest of eight siblings living in a large house in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Sotomayor grew up in public housing in the Bronx while Kavanaugh grew up in the suburbs of Maryland.
—Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Josh grew up struggling, and this job has helped fund a man cave full of sports memorabilia and a Minimoog synthesizer with which Josh still hopes to make music.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grew up
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Sonja Shaw Shaw is the Chino Valley Unified School District board president and a Republican activist who emerged as a major player in the COVID-era parental rights movement as conservative families grew concerned that public schools were becoming hotbeds of leftist indoctrination.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Residents at the meeting also grew antsy.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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But as the tech progressed, so did YouTube’s efforts.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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Moreover, these hyperactive behaviors became even more intense as the study progressed, showing a lasting shift in how the fish navigated their environment.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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The programme includes 1,000 VOD specialists being retrained in planning and post-production in partnership with Netflix, and a flagship mentoring initiative targeting 300 aspiring creatives aged 19 to 34.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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But their understanding of tone-setting has aged.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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