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growth

[grohth] / groʊθ /




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If mold is a concern, home buyers should consider hiring a mold specialist or asking home inspectors to test for mold, if possible, and stay vigilant about the potential growth of the fungus.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The companies that used to define an index, going public early in their growth, now opt to wait.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

"We believe growth is progress – leading to vitality, expansion of life, increasing knowledge, higher well being," he wrote.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Sandisk traded higher, with several Wall Street firms responding positively to the company’s long-term revenue growth plan.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Pinch pointed up and sure enough, Andeg, sitting out of reach on a high branch, certainly looked guilty as he glared down and preened his new growth of feathers.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Beneath the water, divers tracked current density and coral growths, searching for mother-of-pearl.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

During her GCSEs she made repeated hospital visits but was told cysts and growths found during ultrasounds would pass on their own.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2026

These thread like growths, known as filaments, would keep extending until they created a short circuit and destroyed the pixel.

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 2026

At the time, she said she learned she had non-cancerous growths on her vocal cords.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2026

Ah, young sir, the Szekelys—and the Dracula as their heart’s blood, their brains, and their swords—can boast a record that mushroom growths like the Hapsburgs and the Romanoffs can never reach.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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