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grow

[groh] / groʊ /


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As these networks grow, determining the shortest routes between all their points becomes increasingly difficult.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

California Cultured wants to grow bean cells high in flavanols and absent the heavy metals sometimes found in dark chocolate, to appeal to those who want to reap the health benefits of cocoa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

FLS forestry management and stewardship forester Eelco de Jong said the recovery of broadleaf vegetation was promising with lots of birch, rowan and willow expected to grow back quickly.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The powers held by the bad version of Ursula seem to grow the more that Bela feels neglected by real-life Ursula, who works constantly and often gets home late.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Perhaps with time and care, a new garden could grow in the place of this dead one.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Almost nothing grows here except the resilient Jeffrey pine, with its deep taproot and remarkably low metabolic demand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

If a single stock holding grows too large, it can expose you to overconcentration risk and potentially derail your broader financial goals if that sector hits a prolonged bump.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

This lesson serves as both warning and promise: What we reward when we elect is what grows.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

But older, retired people are also more likely to have time to be with grandchildren, and spending on each grandchild grows as family sizes shrink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Individual patients get forgotten, and what seems like a small problem gets ignored until it grows large, like MDR.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Instead of relying entirely on animal experiments, they grew miniature versions of human retinal tissue called organoids.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

So is Mike Aguilar, who also grew up in East Los Angeles and sports a Raiders tattoo on his forearm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

King had a complicated view of his character, based on two bullied girls he grew up with in Maine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Before adjusting for inflation, wages grew at a 3.1% pace over the past year ending in September, the smallest increase since the first quarter of 2021.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

When the grouse chicks grew enough to ignore Hawk, it made her furious to lose control.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

While the company’s AI Overviews and AI Mode features have grown somewhat popular, the AI Mode in particular isn’t as rife for monetization as traditional search.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

These small clusters of cells, grown from fetal cells, reproduce important features of developing human tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Ari “has grown into the most caring, loving friend to those around him,” Roberts wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

But as streaming has grown in popularity, critics have argued that it hinders the ability of clubs to exploit this revenue stream.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

I’d grown up at the Academy, running the halls since I was in diapers, and even then I’d been Cadet Fitz.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Opposition to AI datacenters has been a growing point of worry for many, but not all voters.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

There may have been growing competition over resources, control of movement, and more formalized leadership structures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Both Mazariegos and Ugarte share many similarities, including having arrived to the U.S. from Latin America as children and growing up undocumented.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

"All the stranger danger we had learned growing up was just out the window."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

She gets what it’s like to be teased, because the same thing happened to her when she was growing up.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold


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