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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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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as in booming
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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
Emily Burns, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Here are some of the highest-paying, fastest-growing AI roles right now.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
The Reebok Smart Ring is entering a growing wearable wellness market, which includes the Apple Watch and health-centric devices like Oura and Whoop.
—Emily Burns, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
Here are some of the highest-paying, fastest-growing AI roles right now.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for growing
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Following psychic researchers in search of spirits in a New England house with a tragic past, The Haunting trades leering ghouls and jump scares for atmosphere and suggestion, cultivating a cloud of dread that hangs like a heavy blanket over audiences.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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In the view of many faculty members, Baccarelli had undermined the public position Harvard spent months cultivating—as a beacon of academic integrity, unwilling to bend to the administration’s political pressure.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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Throughout that opening period, Taiwo Awoniyi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Douglas Luiz and Elliot Anderson lined up as seen below to stop the visitors from progressing play centrally.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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In clinical trials that tested teplizumab in people at high risk for type 1, the drug reduced the risk of progressing to stage 3 by 59 percent overall.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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This means becoming consciously aware of your visual environment and eliminating what does not support your happiness and wellbeing.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Oct. 2025
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As a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems to hold and Gaza starts to emerge from war, the immense challenges facing the territory in its eventual recovery are becoming clear.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
20 Oct. 2025
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Khan’s firm is just one of thousands across India catering to the booming demand of young Indians who dream of studying overseas for better education and career opportunities.—
Ivan Watson,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Gas prices are viewed as an important economic indicator, although lower prices don’t guarantee a booming economy, and recent news and data points are showing an economy in which wealthy Americans appear to be spending freely, while poorer households seem to be pulling back.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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There are videos flying around, with or without context; the US government is producing some, promoting others from random X accounts.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The rubber band helps players perform an elastic muscle contraction while jumping at the same time, producing a plyometric contraction, which helps develop the kind of muscle power that leads to the explosiveness footballers need.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Food companies responded by developing fat-free cookies like SnackWell’s, which flew off supermarket shelves.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The chemical versatility of the curved nanosheets also opens avenues for developing other energy storage systems.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Reconciliation is as natural as conflict — but pacifism, or being completely unwilling to defend yourself, while aiming for peace as an end, provides no means of getting there.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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Talks between North Kansas City and the Royals to build a new ballpark there appear to be getting more serious as the mayor says the city is working out the framework of a deal.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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The 89-year-old child psychologist transformed a corner of the conservative movement into a roaring political force that shaped the national conversation and became the de facto base of the modern Republican Party that embraced performative piety as a precondition for viability.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Aug. 2025
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This familiarity with the Wyoming wilderness perhaps explains why the game feels so authentic: Its roaring orange sunsets, powder-blue skies, lush green pines, and trickling turquoise waters.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
9 July 2025
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“Growing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/growing. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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