as in booming
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1
as in cultivating
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer
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2
as in progressing
to become mature
you've grown so much since we last saw each other
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as in becoming
to eventually have as a state or quality
he will grow angry if we don't answer his question
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Recent Examples of growing
Francesca Walton, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Today, the real and growing problem is not just tariffs but uncertainty.
—Kyle Handley, National Review, 11 June 2025
Sj Studio, Footwear News, 6 Apr. 2026
Hammack’s comments suggest a growing concern among at least some policymakers that inflation, which was elevated before the Iran war, may require rate hikes to tame further.
—Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
The health and biology sector, as well as the AI and technology sector, have representation at the bottom of the list, but the significant and growing presence of those industries will likely mean that these companies, as well as others, will rise higher in Canada’s ranking in the years to come.
—Francesca Walton, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Today, the real and growing problem is not just tariffs but uncertainty.
—Kyle Handley, National Review, 11 June 2025
Verb
Embracing Regenerative Principles and the Field Partner Program A chief lever for lower impact growing is the adoption of regenerative farming methods.
—Sj Studio, Footwear News, 6 Apr. 2026
Hammack’s comments suggest a growing concern among at least some policymakers that inflation, which was elevated before the Iran war, may require rate hikes to tame further.
—Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for growing
Adjective
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Even when the business appeared to be booming, the television landscape was changing as episode orders shrank and the time between seasons grew.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2026
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With its sales booming, Apple went public in late 1980 at $22 per share, which translates into 10 cents per share after adjusting for stock splits.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Researchers studied her cells by cultivating them in a laboratory and saw indications of a selective advantage, with healthy skin cells favored over diseased ones.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Beyond his many business achievements, Goldschmied took pride in mentoring emerging talent and cultivating enduring relationships across the fashion world.—
SJ STAFF,
Footwear News,
5 Apr. 2026
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After birth, human beings undergo infant and toddler development, moving on to child development before progressing to puberty and adolescence on the way to adulthood.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Times analysis showed that both communities were still progressing well behind the pace of Santa Rosa after the 2017 Tubbs fire, with about half as many permits issued in the Palisades as a percentage of those burned and two-thirds in Altadena in the same period.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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With the birth of early modernity, which is to say, the advent of industrial capitalism, ideological skepticism toward technology gave way to technology becoming a tool of the state.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Having had the guarantee of becoming a professional footballer since the age of 14, his schoolwork had fallen by the wayside.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Cornwall’s ‘roaring future’ If the world is ever to get close to net zero, lithium will be at the centre of it, said The Times.—
Will Barker,
TheWeek,
19 Feb. 2026
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Playing an aristocratic roaring 20s era sleuth that Christie loosely based on her younger self is certainly far removed from chugging shots on the shores of Malia — even the party scenes.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026
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The conflict involving oil-producing Gulf states, and the effective closure of a critical oil and gas shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz, has sent oil prices surging globally over the past month.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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This hybridization resulted in Bradford producing fertile fruit through cross-pollination from other cultivars.—
Campbell Vaughn,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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His reelection in 2025 sparked widespread protests that left at least four people dead, signaling growing tensions between the mostly young population and its aging leader.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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About two-thirds of the nation’s estimated $7 trillion in annual spending covers the Medicare and Medicaid health care programs, as well as Social Security income, which are essentially growing — along with an aging population — on autopilot.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The novel used all these tensions to propel a study of greed, avarice, and racial divisions between the haves and have nots, leading to McCoy getting his comeuppance.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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Without getting into spoilers, much of the tension rests on whether certain protagonists get caught.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Growing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/growing. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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