as in to grow
to become mature
everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives
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Recent Examples of grow up
Kazee, who grew up in Harvey and has been present for some of the city’s decline, disagrees.
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Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Some have resided there in the past, others grew up in New Jersey and many have business all over the state.
—Lucas Frau, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
Harrison grew up not far from the city where Nike is headquartered, Beaverton, Ore., and had gone on to play pro hoops, bouncing around leagues in Belgium, Japan and the U.S. Greene was then the global marketing director for basketball at Nike, the most powerful company in athletics.
—C. Clark, M. Vorkunov and F. Katz, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Since her rhinoplasty in November, Devyn Aiken, 30, has documented her recovery for an audience of over 61,000 social media followers
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Devyn Aiken grew up feeling insecure about her nose, noting she was bullied a lot growing up.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Some have resided there in the past, others grew up in New Jersey and many have business all over the state.
—Lucas Frau, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
Harrison grew up not far from the city where Nike is headquartered, Beaverton, Ore., and had gone on to play pro hoops, bouncing around leagues in Belgium, Japan and the U.S. Greene was then the global marketing director for basketball at Nike, the most powerful company in athletics.
—C. Clark, M. Vorkunov and F. Katz, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Since her rhinoplasty in November, Devyn Aiken, 30, has documented her recovery for an audience of over 61,000 social media followers
Comments
Devyn Aiken grew up feeling insecure about her nose, noting she was bullied a lot growing up.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grow up
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The Atlanta Fed believed the U.S. GDP was on track to grow throughout most of February, with estimates ranging from positive 2 to nearly 4 percent.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Disney’s push into Asia’s growing cruise market isn’t stopping in Singapore.—
Karla Cripps,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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But as the pandemic progressed, killing hundreds of thousands of people around the world, Cuomo’s response also faced intense scrutiny over a controversial directive to transfer recovering Covid-19 patients back to nursing homes.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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As the evening progressed, the patio swelled with A-listers.—
Paul Chi,
Vogue,
1 Mar. 2025
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More than a third of people who develop respiratory symptoms may die from the disease, according to the CDC.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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Two University of Pennsylvania scientists credited with developing the mRNA technology behind the shots were awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2023.—
Stephanie Armour | KFF Health News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Grow up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grow%20up. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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