upbringing
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When he does speak, his words carry a faint Southern twang from his upbringing in Alabama.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
He also says he thought a lot about his upbringing when building the film's virus-stricken world.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
He said his ultra-Orthodox upbringing had shaped his "socialist" outlook, as his father had followed the Jewish commandment to give charity to the poor.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The singer’s upbringing, particularly her father’s illiteracy and his shame around what he considered a shortcoming, was what inspired her to launch the Imagination Library.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Because of his humble upbringing, Pa has many skills and can do anything the chief asks of him.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Both had tough upbringings marked by an absent father, intermittently absent mother and reliable grandparents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Their contrasting upbringings is what attracted them to each other, Charles Tyler, a Yale classmate and friend of the couple, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
His children, who had privileged upbringings and were educated overseas, will have no trouble fending for themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
This phrase was repeated by several others who shared their recollections of Zionist upbringings.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024
I'd always known that my mom and I had completely different upbringings.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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