brought up

verb

past tense of bring up
1
as in raised
to bring to maturity through care and education it takes an immense commitment and a lot of love to bring up a child properly

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2
as in introduced
to present or bring forward for discussion I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money

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3
as in stopped
to bring (something) to a standstill wasn't expecting the operator to bring up the carnival ride so suddenly

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Recent Examples of brought up And, parts of it, like bathrooms and the building’s elevator, need to be brought up to more accessible standards. — Sofi Zeman july 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 The company needs to be brought up to snuff, a mammoth registration statement laying all the intimate details of the business needs to be prepared and the questions of many, many would-be investors need to be answered. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 30 July 2026 Everything has been brought up to a much higher level of fidelity. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 July 2026 Defense attorney Kevin Reddington asked Patrick about a subject that was brought up by the prosecutor, who mentioned a dinner and massage Lindsay Clancy had to celebrate her anniversary just over a month before the children were killed. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 29 July 2026 And a new ‘Living Wage For All Act’ has now been brought up in Congress to address this. — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026 When host Seth Meyers brought up the sky-high stilettos Evans wears in the show, the performer, 47, clarified that the shoes aren’t the hardest part of his costume. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 What to read next To highlight the potential risks imposed by relying on an NRHO, Glover brought up a hypothetical situation — an astronaut health issue that requires a medical evacuation just after landing at a lunar south pole moon base. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 July 2026 At the time of the report sources indicated the matter hadn’t been brought up. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brought up
  1. raised
  2. introduced
  3. stopped
  4. fostered
  5. placed
  6. halted
  7. stalled
  8. caught
Verb
  • Multiple people familiar with the matter said the crown prince raised concerns about plans for potential strikes on Iran during the call.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The union has also raised questions about Cázares' role as fiscal advisor, pointing to her previous work overseeing other financially troubled school districts and questioning her compensation.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of raised
Verb
  • The 60-year-old Berg, who will divest his ownership interest in LAFC, will be officially introduced on Tuesday at MLS headquarters in New York.
    — Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The March 2025 law introduced a two-generation limit, cutting out his siblings.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of introduced
Verb
  • During the video, a person wearing a gorilla suit walked directly through the scene, stopped, beat their chest, and walked away.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Towa might not share her girlfriend’s passion for musicals, but that hasn’t stopped Rapp from dragging her to them anyway.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • Christie’s has fostered their relationship with tech wealth by being aggressively open to selling NFTs, for example.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 21 July 2026
  • Politically, the World Cup fostered a rare sense of unity and cultural appreciation, bridging divides and celebrating diverse communities.
    — Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of fostered
Verb
  • Back in 2012, Wasmer tackled a school shooter and held him down until police arrived and placed the man under arrest.
    — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Under Kennedy’s stewardship, the HHS inverted the traditional food pyramid which placed grains at the bottom (most consumed) and fats and oils at the top (least consumed).
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
Definition of placed
Verb
  • Firefighters also halted a blaze in a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district, and officials reported damage to commercial and residential property in two additional districts.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Farther down the same rice belt, Indonesia's agriculture ministry counts more than 30,000 hectares of rice hit by drought, over 12,000 of them a total loss, in a country that recently halted rice imports in the name of self-sufficiency.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of halted
Verb
  • Getty Images The Philadelphia Phillies are in the final days before the MLB trade deadline searching for answers to an offense that has stalled at an inopportune time.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Ghiberti reportedly could not explain how the system should be assembled, and construction stalled.
    — Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Definition of stalled
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  • The breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared and even top developers can be caught off-guard by flaws their models can exploit.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Samuel with Washington in 2025 caught 72 passes for 727 yards and scored six total touchdowns, and never signed an extension after his contract ran out.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of caught

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“Brought up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brought%20up. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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