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grow up







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ripen
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They grow up in this environment where they’re asking, “What are they offering me other than just a lecture?”

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Scientists have long known that stars like our Sun expand dramatically once they run out of hydrogen in their cores, becoming red giants that can grow up to 100 times their original size.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

And like anyone who has had to grow up too quickly, she struggles to attain real maturity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Progression slowed in both the placebo and the atropine groups in the later years of the trial, but that’s to be expected because myopia slows as children grow up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Your personality will be shaped by the world you grow up in.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein