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as in to cultivate
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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as in to develop
to become mature
you've grown so much since we last saw each other
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Recent Examples of grow
The move to lower interest rates, said Zhao, might help to stabilize the labor market and offset a growing risk of recession.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Lingering summer weather can mean more time for fun at the beach, and more time for crops to grow.
—Sara Schilling, Idaho Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025
Data from 2024, which was reported on in June by Utah's Deseret News, suggests growing political diversity within the Mormon community.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Street has been in remission for two months now, and her hair is starting to grow back.
—Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Lingering summer weather can mean more time for fun at the beach, and more time for crops to grow.
—Sara Schilling, Idaho Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025
Data from 2024, which was reported on in June by Utah's Deseret News, suggests growing political diversity within the Mormon community.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Street has been in remission for two months now, and her hair is starting to grow back.
—Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grow
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Today, the best marketing leaders have to cultivate technical expertise and storytelling skills, as well as deep psychological awareness.—
Barbara Puszkiewicz-Cimino,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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And while stronger loyalty and business results will naturally follow, the true reward lies in cultivating those relationships.—
Geoff Robins,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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It was developed in 2016 by Vicente Esteban, who was a master’s student at the Royal College of Art in London.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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What was your approach to developing and bringing him to life?—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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Bumgarner put barrel to ball and sent it over the left-field fence, becoming the first pitcher to ever homer against Kershaw.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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As the pandemic fundamentally shifted youth political engagement, the show quickly became one of the nation’s most popular political podcasts, reaching 5 million monthly listeners and 750,000 daily downloads by mid-2025.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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The river also serves Mexico and more than two dozen Native American tribes, produces hydropower, and supplies water to farms that grow most of the nation’s winter vegetables.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Calligraphers like Mustapha produce sacred work, such as copies of the Quran, books of religious poetry, and amulets.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Sep. 2025
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If left untreated, these infections can progress from the outer ear and lead to serious complications such as deafness, facial paralysis, or balance problems.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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If untreated, the illness can progress into a chronic phase, which may remain silent for years but can eventually cause serious complications, including heart rhythm problems, an enlarged heart or digestive issues.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Sep. 2025
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The company argues that the traffic which sites do manage to get from users now comes from users who are more engaged and thus more valuable.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of the premiere of her new Netflix series, Too Much, written for her by Lena Dunham, the 33-year-old reflects on what got her to this moment.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
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Years later, a graduate student had collected samples of the cheese from its aging caves – damp, dark rooms cut into the hillside – and brought them back to the lab, where Wolfe noticed the change in appearance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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But the film, written and directed by Benny Safdie, is a sensitive, even melancholy look at how an aging athlete comes to accept defeat with the help of those around him.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
20 Sep. 2025
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Lucky went 1,500 days in the shelter without being adopted, then everything changed.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Before all that happened, though, there was the eight-course dinner, which went totally fine as predicted.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Grow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grow. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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