growth
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“Slowing wage growth even as inflation accelerates is a sign that workers are having a hard time moving up to better-paying jobs, even if outright unemployment is low,” Adams of Fifth Third said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
“That’s where some of the explosive growth is coming from.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The main outcome researchers were looking for was whether vitamin C affected the growth rate of precancerous or cancerous cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
Whatever the case, the softness in hiring is glaringly evident in the slowdown in wage growth.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 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
Steroids that reduce inflammation and suppress malignant growths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Many colorectal cancers begin as polyps, which are growths that develop on the inner lining of the bowel.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Doctors opened her abdomen from her breast bone down, looking for more growths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
It can appear as open sores, red patches, rashes, growths, or bumps.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2025
Here nothing lived, not even the leprous growths that feed on rottenness.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing growth
Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms - Introductory
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Functions - High School
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Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms - Middle School
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