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grown

[grohn] / groʊn /
ADJECTIVE
of age
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK
adult grown up


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While year-over-year spending by middle- and higher-income Americans on airlines, lodging and other tourism has grown, according to the Bank of America Institute, lower-income households are pulling back.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The cooperation has grown "to such a large scale that it eventually provided the US billions of dollars", Dayan said.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

He imagined a long-term couple, two former child prodigies who had grown up and were now living unremarkable lives.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

It has grown to include a podcast network, a four-night comedy cruise and content from a roster of clean comics.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

If tear drops could have made a fence post sprout roots and grow, that post would have grown twenty feet tall.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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