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as in to cultivate
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer
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as in to develop
to become mature
you've grown so much since we last saw each other
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Now Foods Solutions Castor Oil $10 AMAZON Does Vaseline help eyelashes grow longer?
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Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
As businesses continue to take advantage of AI in their operations and decision-making, its importance grows.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
In the college courtyard, after the people had all gone home for the day, the roses remained, still growing at their own stately pace.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
If left to their own devices, hydrangeas will die back in the winter and grow again in the spring.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
As businesses continue to take advantage of AI in their operations and decision-making, its importance grows.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
In the college courtyard, after the people had all gone home for the day, the roses remained, still growing at their own stately pace.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
If left to their own devices, hydrangeas will die back in the winter and grow again in the spring.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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Next Steps for Success: Get the Kids Involved: create opportunities for heirs to participate in philanthropic efforts and legacy planning to cultivate a sense of ownership and responsibility.April Rudin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Amid all of this, Border Hawk cultivated a growing audience for stories that blamed migrants themselves for the growing chaos.Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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Virtually all have developed their own national AI frameworks, with Singapore also providing funding to industry startups through its investment vehicles.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 20 Dec. 2024
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There’s this thing called the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB), which is the system developed to categorize public companies into specific industries and sectors.Bob Pisani, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Their separation and subsequent divorce proceedings became messy over how to split their assets.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Simon Sinek has become famous by noting the Power of Why.John Sviokla, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Even appliances, produce, and cookbooks—though certainly at home in this space—might be giving your kitchen a busy appearance.Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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By harnessing water, not burning oil or gas, to produce electricity, this new energy matrix was supposed to help mitigate the effects of global climate change — not make Ecuador a victim of it.José María León Cabrera, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Other forms of ulcerative colitis, such as proctitis, can progress to pancolitis if inflammation is poorly controlled.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 31 Dec. 2024
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As the game unfolds, players must navigate a dynamic environment where the position of their workers progresses through a Mayan calendar, requiring them to consider not only resources and workforce but also the crucial element of time.Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Elko’s not the type to get excited about early October standings.David Whitley, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Students can get Hulu with ads for $1.99 a month, and Hulu with no ads costs $17.99 a month.Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Our aging population is creating more urgent needs for healthcare and social assistance/social service workers, an area that Jobs and Skills Australia cites as the largest growth industry.Aliza Knox, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Joelinton embarrassed the ageing Casemiro and Christian Eriksen to such an extent that Joshua Zirkzee was unceremoniously hooked after 33 minutes so that Amorim could get another midfielder on.Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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The cases, brought by 60 men and 60 women, span incidents going as far back as 1991.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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The fact that tax revenue didn't go directly back into the community, to fix roads and bridges damaged by years of fighting, made some residents angry — and fueled protests.Lauren Frayer, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Grow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grow. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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