as in lush
covered with a thick healthy natural growth
a field lavishly grown with poppies
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as in produced
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 progressed
to become mature
you've grown so much since we last saw each other
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as in become
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 grown
Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Kimmel, 60, is married and the mother of two grown children.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
After six national championships, including 2023 and ’24, fans here have grown a little blase about winning regular season games.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Enin, who worked as a security guard and had two grown daughters, had lived in his building for more than a decade, according to Reyes.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
Kimmel, 60, is married and the mother of two grown children.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
The media presence on Guthrie's street appears to have grown since yesterday.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
After six national championships, including 2023 and ’24, fans here have grown a little blase about winning regular season games.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grown
Adjective
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Provide plenty of sunlight, moisture, and deadhead often for lush foliage and blooms.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2026
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Using coffee grounds as fertilizer can help your pothos thrive by promoting lush, green growth and healthy roots.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
17 Feb. 2026
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Other gifts are often produced in tandem with local fashion designers or curated by the city’s coolest design shops.—
Clodagh Kinsella,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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The game has already produced one jackpot winner this year.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Gotch and Burns were pioneers of wrestling, and as the 20th century progressed, schools in Iowa at both the high school and collegiate levels began offering wrestling as a sport.—
Cooper Worth,
Des Moines Register,
17 Feb. 2026
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As the night progressed, cocktail glasses continued to clink while a tasty île flottante dessert made its way to each table.—
Avon Dorsey,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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If he’s confirmed by the Senate to lead the central bank after Chair Jerome Powell’s term ends in May, Warsh will preside over a 12-person rate-setting committee that has become starkly divided in recent months.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Damian Lillard became only the third player to win the three-point contest three times, scoring 29 points at Intuit Dome.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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Beer that turned green − possibly a chemical reaction with the drugs Dominque Pelicot had been slipping into her drinks and food to render her unconscious for the rapes.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Best of all, every breakfast, lunch, and dinner here is bookended with Moroccan tea, a ground green concoction infused with mint leaves and generously sized sugar cubes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
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Additionally, hyperscalers, including Amazon , Microsoft , Meta , and Alphabet , announced capital expenditure of up to $700 billion on AI this year, which has raised concerns over returns and whether the extent of AI spend is justified.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Videos from the killing of Renee Good, a mother of three, in her vehicle, raised questions about the federal agent’s tactics and decision to use deadly force.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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The dispute centered over a 40,000-person clinical trial that concluded Moderna's new vaccine was more effective in adults aged 50 and older than one of the standard flu shots used today.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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Now, a new survey of 2,000 women aged 50 and over across Britain, commissioned by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), suggests the problem may be even more widespread than previously understood.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
18 Feb. 2026
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Over the past week, a slew of cinematic videos of celebrities and characters in absurd situations have gone viral online, with one commonality –– they were created using a new artificial intelligence tool from Chinese developer ByteDance, sparking anxiety over the fast-evolving capabilities of AI.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Greene has not gone quiet Trump may be distracted by fresh attacks from Greene, once among the president’s most vocal allies in Congress and now one of his loudest conservative critics.—
Jeff Amy,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Grown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grown. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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