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upbringing

noun

Definition of upbringing

as in rearing

the way a child is raised; the care and teaching given to a child by parents or other people

—usually singular My wife had a very sheltered upbringing. His grandmother saw to his upbringing.

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Recent Examples of upbringing Divorce and my parents’ own troubled upbringings made my childhood difficult. — Nickademus De La Rosa, Time, 28 Oct. 2026 But her unglamorous upbringing in western New York didn’t position her for success in any traditional sense. — Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026 Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Ackermann’s aesthetic has been shaped by a unique upbringing, growing up in countries ranging from Ethiopia and Chad to Algeria, The Netherlands, Belgium and France. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 Basketball features prominently in the stories Thune and those around him tell about his upbringing. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for upbringing

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Agriculture Transforming farming, crop cultivation, and animal rearing.

— Time, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
His fascination culminated in the majestic Whistlejacket (1762), a life-size Arabian, hot-blooded and rearing.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026

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She was arrested and charged with second-degree child endangerment after her daughter reportedly arrived at school with sunburns, sparking a media frenzy over Krentcil's extreme tanning habits and parenting.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Just as in his examination of Captain Sully or his exploration of parenting or an episode about cloned puppies, Fielder is uninterested in the technical realities or the concrete, easily provable facts.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

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The emotional impacts of infertility and MBC For those who find out that pregnancy or biological parenthood will no longer be possible due to MBC treatment, accepting this outcome can be very difficult to emotionally process.

— Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2026
Since becoming a father, Allen has also opened up about how parenthood has changed his perspective on football.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of parenthood

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After those losses, the state experienced a drop in fund-raising and an exodus of campaign talent.

— Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026
And a securities filing Wednesday makes clear that such an event could be coming, and that the scale of the fund-raising in the coming years may be more than some investors initially thought.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

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