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second growth
noun
: forest trees that come up naturally after removal of the first growth by cutting or by fire
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Catch up quick: Founders Fund in 2022 raised $3.4 billion for its second growth equity fund and $1.8 billion for its eighth early-stage fund.
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Dan Primack, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
Siddhi Capital raised a second growth equity fund of $135 million to invest in food, beverage and food tech, managing partner Melissa Facchina tells Axios.
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Richard Collings, Axios, 30 July 2024
That doubled to $4.4 billion with the second growth fund in 2022.
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Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
The sparrow may indicate disturbance, while the becard is a fly-catcher-like mid-level insect-eating bird of second growth and river-edge forest.
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Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2013
The trouble is that this second growth doesn’t yield much grain, which is why farmers plow up the paddies and plant new seedlings.
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Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 7 Nov. 2022
Private equity giant Blackstone has been fundraising for its second growth fund this year.
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Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 29 June 2022
When treviso is forced to undergo a second growth in the dark, its leaves firm up and spiral into creepy tentacles.
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Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2021
Permira aims to raise some $2.5 billion for its second growth fund focused on investments in smaller, growing technology companies, people familiar with the fund said.
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Laura Cooper, WSJ, 9 June 2021
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First Known Use
1829, in the meaning defined above
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“Second growth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20growth. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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second growth
noun
: forest trees that come up naturally after removal of the first growth by cutting or by fire
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