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Quasars that formed less than about 770 million years after the Big Bang are extremely uncommon because only a small number of galaxies had grown large enough to host them.

From Science Daily • Jul. 9, 2026

By March 2025, that had grown to about four million or 1 in 10, according to the IFS.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026

The population of brown bears in Greece's mountainous Western Macedonia region has grown steadily in past decades due to hunting bans and other conservation efforts.

From Barron's • Jul. 9, 2026

When converted to purchasing-power, constant-dollar or so-called real returns, that $10,000 has grown to $32,200, according to Portfolio Visualizer.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 8, 2026

“Since you won’t be playing, and we won’t have that handy marker to know when you’re all grown up.”

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