upbringing
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“Was it something organic? Was it a matter of heredity, upbringing, environment, or external conditions?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I may or may not have rolled my eyes, expecting to see a spider—something my North London upbringing taught me to care little about—when I froze.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Young told the court about his chaotic upbringing and his recent scholarly pursuits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
He said the teenager had a "traumatic upbringing" and has since engaged in education projects while in secure accommodation.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The “out” sounds like “oot,” a relic of Dad’s Canadian upbringing.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
The Iranian Lego team, as they also refer to themselves, is a small group that has found broad appeal by capitalizing on Millennial and Gen Z nostalgia for a toy central to their upbringings.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Their upbringings may have been vastly different but the net result is not: they’re winners, as good as it gets at this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Though their upbringings were markedly different, it was their shared comedic sensibilities that connected Jimenez and McMechan when they met in college.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 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
One cannot blame their surroundings or upbringings for their behavior.
From "Allegedly" by Tiffany D. Jackson
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