grow up

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Recent Examples of grow up Olivas grew up in Houston, Texas, before moving to Los Angeles for school and college. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2025 Both played children of Ned Stark (Sean Bean) and, at the start of the show, had grown up alongside each other with their siblings Robb (Richard Madden), Aria (Maisie Williams), Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) and Rickon (Art Parkinson). Rachel Raposas, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Wang grew up 20 minutes outside Detroit, the child of poor Asian immigrants who both worked in the auto industry. Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025 Lawrence grew up with two older brothers, her mom, Karen, and her dad, Gary, about 25 miles east of downtown Louisville. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grow up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grow up
Verb
  • India has long been reliant on Russia for crude oil to support its booming economy and growing population, now at more than 1.4 billion people.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • To trace their growing influence on Trump, consider Nvidia’s H20 chip.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But the American began to lose her serve as the set progressed.
    Lukas Weese, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
  • There’s been more and more to like out of 2025’s Mr. Irrelevant as the summer has progressed.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Understanding the physics allowed scientists to develop algorithms that use TEMPO’s data to infer the smoke plume's altitude and map its 3D movement in nearly real time.
    Jun Wang, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The new owner of the property, at 1414-1420 N. Phillips Ave., plans to develop a five-story building with 22 apartments and 3,600 square feet of ground-floor commercial space.
    Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025

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