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
Millennials, sometimes dubbed the Peter Pan generation, are in no rush to grow up and love self-expression.
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Boris Abaev, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
In the music of Stevie Wonder — who grew up listening to Jones’ own records and work with Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and others — Jones’ influence lives strongest in the way Wonder arranges his music and in the verve of his singing.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Bound grew up on the Falkland Islands in the nineteen-fifties.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
As a child, Ashley grew up in a Habitat home in Fayetteville, giving her first-hand experience of the stability that home ownership can bring to hard working families.
—Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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Boris Abaev, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
In the music of Stevie Wonder — who grew up listening to Jones’ own records and work with Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and others — Jones’ influence lives strongest in the way Wonder arranges his music and in the verve of his singing.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Bound grew up on the Falkland Islands in the nineteen-fifties.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
As a child, Ashley grew up in a Habitat home in Fayetteville, giving her first-hand experience of the stability that home ownership can bring to hard working families.
—Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grow up
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Those arguments have been repeated by a small but growing number of online detractors.Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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As its impacts grow more visible and destructive, how is this possible? Views of Hurricane Milton’s damage across Florida.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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If Swiatek and Krejcikova win, Swiatek will progress as the group winner and Pegula will be knocked out.Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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As the technology has progressed, however, the rules governing shipwrecks have tightened considerably.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Users can see a developing fire on the map, represented by a glowing yellow dot well before its perimeter is reported to the NIFC.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The team developed a set of robotic duck feet that replicated the natural swimming motion of a mallard on the water.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Grow up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grow%20up. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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