grows

verb

present tense third-person singular of grow
1
as in cultivates
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 progresses
to become mature you've grown so much since we last saw each other

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3
as in becomes
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 grows When Brolin’s voice takes on a ghostly presence inside the whale, the emotional insistence grows louder without becoming more persuasive. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026 Albemarle is likely to bounce back as lithium demand grows, according to Mizuho. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 As China’s space power grows, Washington has moved to protect some of its satellite networks. — Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026 Data centers are becoming the primary driver of new energy demand, and as that demand grows, the costs of the infrastructure needed to support them will increasingly fall on everyday North Carolinians. — Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026 With each episode building on the last, one question grows more urgent — who, or what, is really on the other end of the line? — Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 For example, if the edge of a leaf grows faster than its center, this can lead to a curled or wavy shape—as with Lollo lettuce. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026 As the volume of information grows, the ability to make those distinctions becomes the skill. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The new method instead grows the crystals separately and transfers them onto the chip afterward. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grows
  1. cultivates
  2. progresses
  3. becomes
  4. produces
  5. develops
  6. gets
  7. plants
  8. ages
Verb
  • In the sweeping farmlands near the Central Coast, a seed supplier that cultivates peppers, vegetables and fruit was hit with more than two dozen pesticide safety violations, some of them serious offenses that caused health or environmental hazards.
    — Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Like all classic noirs, Frank cultivates a sweaty, visceral realism to the main character’s desire to have a better life at any cost.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • As the movie progresses, Fielder and the audience must question whether and how they’re being deceived.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • As the film progresses and the paths of the three protagonists cross in one way or another, the timbres and instrumental approach also begin to blend.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of progresses
Verb
  • Researchers can model what happens if copper prices increase sharply or if a newer technology becomes commercially viable years from now.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In this future, the scarce asset would be not the chatbot, but the device, operating system, and personal context through which the chatbot becomes useful.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of becomes
Verb
  • The brand sources and then produces chocolate right at the source in Madagascar and Uganda, partnering with Direct Trade farmers.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Dori Media, which produces film and TV out of Tel Aviv, Zurich and Buenos Aires, was approached by representatives for Sphereorigin about working together on a film.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of produces
Verb
  • This occurs when a tear develops in the inner lining of an artery supplying blood to the brain.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Your sales team speaks to them; your success and support teams listen to their needs, expectations and problems; and your product team develops new features or updates based on that feedback and insight.
    — Osman Koc, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of develops
Verb
  • The simple industrial design gets a neat little accent in the form of a physical knob for adjusting playback, track navigation, and volume.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • This part of South America often gets heavy rain during El Niño, a natural climate phenomenon in which warmer-than-usual waters in the Pacific Ocean scramble weather patterns around the world.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of gets
Verb
  • Once Mooney plants the seed of his joke about how unhappy white Americans seemed after slavery the later images of Confederate memorial groups and white crowds at lynchings take on a surreal resonance.
    — Beandrea July, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Mungiu craftily plants the seed of this crisis in his opening shot, set in the aftermath of a stinging act of parental discipline.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of plants
Verb
  • Students ages 12 to 15 are invited to sign up to volunteer at the gardens and earn service hours.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Workers ages 55 to 64 who lose a job take nearly 26 weeks, on average, to find another one, compared with 19 weeks for workers ages 25 to 34.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026
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“Grows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grows. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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