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grow

[groh] / groʊ /


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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the population aged 25 to 64 will grow 3% over the next decade, or about 0.3% a year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

"What's the point in working forever and missing your children grow up?" he told Channel4.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Their colonies grow faster and bigger, and they end up making news headlines by bothering humans.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Though the U.S. population is projected to grow modestly through 2100, the country is projected to fall from third to sixth place in a ranking of the world’s most populous countries.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 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

Knotweed grows prolifically and is nearly impossible to kill.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

If your form requires names, it doesn’t automatically update as your family grows.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

Plus, mac and cheese grows up as Barilla bites on healthier Goodles.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

In time, however, it becomes evident that their personal interests don’t entirely conform to the public interest, and a backlash grows.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

It grows, burning white-hot before it explodes into a fiery message.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Three fires across Mendocino County grew to a combined 59,214 acres by Saturday afternoon as firefighters worked to establish containment lines.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Meena says she grew up in a small village in the Netherlands by parents who taught at a private school.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Instead, it grew out of a class assignment in which Wu challenged students to demonstrate how information theory could be used to solve a real problem.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

Total revenue grew 30%, beating Wall Street estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Our foster children grew up and went away to jobs or to marry, but they were often in the house for visits.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The legal industry as a whole hasn’t grown dramatically over the past decade, meaning the work has become more concentrated among a smaller group of elite firms that have largely opted for scale.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Having joined from Bristol City as a high-flying teenager in 2018, she has grown up during her time in Manchester.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

For years, the L.A. housing market has steadily grown more unaffordable, and no new buildings are being added.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

But over the last two decades, the already tiny space for indie film has grown even smaller, being phased out by streamers — the place indies go to die — and YouTube.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

He came out of the desk, long-legged, fully grown.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Moreover, Europe would be hard-pressed to substitute for the southbound trade once heralded by Nafta, with an economy growing at half the pace of America’s.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Researcher Le Hong Hiep of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute noted the growing demands of Vietnam's manufacturing sector and the country's own issues with energy production -- but said politics also played a part.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

In many cases, people taking GLP-1 drugs have reported that their hair begins growing again several months after their weight stabilizes.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

There is now a growing understanding of the need for respiratory protections and decontamination to help prevent certain cancers that are more common for firefighters.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

You put your hand up to the sparkling place, the echo of that Kalyn Fay song growing louder as you step through, the air a cool waterfall.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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