upbringing
noun
up·bring·ing
ˈəp-ˌbriŋ-iŋ 
: early training
especially
: a particular way of bringing up a child
had a strict upbringing
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Future handles chorus duties on the somber track, which finds the trio calming their mothers’ worries, assuring them at their turbulent upbringings prepared them for the callousness of life.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 June 2025
García Bernal contextualizes such activism as an extension of their upbringing amid the economic and governmental turbulence of 1980s Mexico.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 June 2025
Roseanne is America, directed by Joel Gilbert, explores Barr’s upbringing, early years in comedy and Hollywood career.
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The combination of his upbringing in rural town Smallville and the dying wish of his Kryptonian parents to safeguard humanity forms Clark's firm ideals about bettering civilization.
—EW.com, 10 June 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 June 2025
García Bernal contextualizes such activism as an extension of their upbringing amid the economic and governmental turbulence of 1980s Mexico.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 June 2025
Roseanne is America, directed by Joel Gilbert, explores Barr’s upbringing, early years in comedy and Hollywood career.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 10 June 2025
The combination of his upbringing in rural town Smallville and the dying wish of his Kryptonian parents to safeguard humanity forms Clark's firm ideals about bettering civilization.
—EW.com, 10 June 2025
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upbringing
noun
up·bring·ing
ˈəp-ˌbriŋ-iŋ
: the process or way of bringing up and training
had a strict upbringing
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