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
Those vets ceded the stage in Game 1 to Trey Yesavage, a 22-year-old who grew up about 45 miles north of Philadelphia.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Donoghue’s 10- and 13-year-old sons grew up there — the family, which lives about half an hour away, got a season pass when their younger son, Ray, was 6 months old.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Isabelle's parents raised her in Tennessee Isabelle was born and raised in Tennessee and grew up in the Franklin area of Nashville.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Mitzi Perdue, the double-heiress of Sheraton Hotels and Perdue Farms, grew up wearing hand-me-downs and getting a public education.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Even my mother, a housewife who grew up on a farm.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The director grew up in a rice-field village on the Malaysia-Thailand border.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
She was born in Jerusalem and grew up in Ramallah, in the West Bank.
—Aida Alami, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
The evening began with an opening set by Nashville singer-songwriter Annie DiRusso, who grew up an hour north of New York City in Croton-on-Hudson.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Donoghue’s 10- and 13-year-old sons grew up there — the family, which lives about half an hour away, got a season pass when their younger son, Ray, was 6 months old.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Isabelle's parents raised her in Tennessee Isabelle was born and raised in Tennessee and grew up in the Franklin area of Nashville.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Mitzi Perdue, the double-heiress of Sheraton Hotels and Perdue Farms, grew up wearing hand-me-downs and getting a public education.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Even my mother, a housewife who grew up on a farm.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The director grew up in a rice-field village on the Malaysia-Thailand border.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
She was born in Jerusalem and grew up in Ramallah, in the West Bank.
—Aida Alami, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
The evening began with an opening set by Nashville singer-songwriter Annie DiRusso, who grew up an hour north of New York City in Croton-on-Hudson.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grew up
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The second photo was noticeably different from the first, instead showing a recent image of heavy machinery smoothing gravel where lush green grass once grew.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Prestige beauty, which sits within the division, grew at mid-single digits as the overall market showed gradual improvement.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Shadene Butchart, 58, started off on a Blue Cross bronze plan -- or the lowest tier -- but, as her disease progressed, the couple decided to upgrade to a gold plan, the highest tier, which covers a higher percentage of her health care costs.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
21 Oct. 2025
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The friendship has progressed, and my sister feels jealous and threatened by it.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
21 Oct. 2025
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The findings are similar to her own previous research suggesting that even 6,000 steps a day are linked to lower risk of heart disease in adults aged about 60.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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The monastery is central to the story, and its elder—named Zosima in the novel—comforts a woman who has lost her child, aged two years and nine months, with words that echo those uttered by Ambrose.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Grew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grew%20up. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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