as in growing
to become mature
everyone has to grow up at some point in their lives
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Recent Examples of growing up
Their frequent family road trips, including multiple visits to Rock City, scripted her life growing up in Georgia.
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Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 16 June 2026
Questions of the body, identity and growing up are also central to the selection.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 June 2026
For fans of those cultish works, which had their heyday around the time Refn was growing up and discovering them for himself, Her Private Hell plays like a nostalgic jewel box that literally looks like it was shot inside of a jewel box.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
Prison, death, growing up, cats.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Richard Gere is an unbelievable actor, and again, like Ed, represents touch points in my growing up and learning about film.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 May 2026
The prosecutor said Mann would testify about Weinstein’s intense interest in her upbringing, asking her questions about growing up poor in a dairy farm town in Washington State, and being raised by an evangelical family that at times lived in a mobile home.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
On Tuesday, Donny took to Instagram to share some thoughts about growing up and performing alongside Alan in the Sixties and Seventies.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
While growing up, in the San Fernando Valley, Levin saw fame’s capacity to protect certain people from the consequences of the law.
—Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 16 June 2026
Questions of the body, identity and growing up are also central to the selection.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 June 2026
For fans of those cultish works, which had their heyday around the time Refn was growing up and discovering them for himself, Her Private Hell plays like a nostalgic jewel box that literally looks like it was shot inside of a jewel box.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
Prison, death, growing up, cats.
—Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Richard Gere is an unbelievable actor, and again, like Ed, represents touch points in my growing up and learning about film.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 May 2026
The prosecutor said Mann would testify about Weinstein’s intense interest in her upbringing, asking her questions about growing up poor in a dairy farm town in Washington State, and being raised by an evangelical family that at times lived in a mobile home.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
On Tuesday, Donny took to Instagram to share some thoughts about growing up and performing alongside Alan in the Sixties and Seventies.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
While growing up, in the San Fernando Valley, Levin saw fame’s capacity to protect certain people from the consequences of the law.
—Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for growing up
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Many travelers dream of one day living abroad, but a growing number of US citizens are making that fantasy a reality.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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The findings, the latest in a growing body of research about the vaccine’s benefits for heart health, suggest such benefits observed in earlier studies have persisted for years.—
Daniel Wu,
Washington Post,
16 June 2026
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They were gathered to learn the crew assignments for Artemis 3, the agency's next mission progressing its efforts to return astronauts to the moon.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
12 June 2026
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At previous tournaments, some teams and supporters have appeared happy just to enjoy the experience with little hope of progressing beyond the group stage.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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The film stars Crowe as an ageing club owner whose dreams of selling-up and retiring are scuppered when an masked robber cleans out the business.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
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By removing the liquid filling stage entirely and accelerating the subsequent chemical formation and aging protocols, the production timeline for these steps is shortened by two-thirds.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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“Growing up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/growing%20up. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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