upbringing
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In 2017, he interviewed his daughter for the summer issue of Honeysuckle Magazine about her identity as a Black woman, her work as an artist and her unique upbringing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
She says his upbringing was deeply rooted in tradition.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
He begins with a quick account of his upbringing in St. Louis and how, during college at Trinity in Connecticut, he fell in love with New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Here, Szor and Abraham quietly demonstrate the lengths and risks of their allyship, pitting their relatively comfortable upbringing in Israel against their fervent quest to unlearn a propagandistic way of living.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 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
Perhaps the difference in your upbringings plays a part.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Both had tough upbringings marked by an absent father, intermittently absent mother and reliable grandparents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
They say the sounds of their respective upbringings often affect their music, sometimes without even being conscious of it — naming L.A.’s specific cadence as unintentional inspiration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2025
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
I'd always known that my mom and I had completely different upbringings.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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