How to Use growth in a Sentence

growth

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  • Their profits have averaged five percent growth in the last four years.
  • He discovered a substance that promotes the growth of new blood vessels.
  • The tree has an average annual growth of almost a foot.
  • It's important to prune the bush every year to encourage new growth.
  • She's concerned that the medication might slow her child's growth.
  • The city has undergone explosive growth in recent years.
  • He sees his college years as an opportunity for personal growth.
  • He had a growth spurt when he was 16 years old.
  • The long-term economic growth has been as good as the last two terms.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2024
  • And with the explosive growth in home values over the past 10 years, that’s not so easy.
    — Jim Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • That’s less than half the rate of both wage growth and inflation for the United States.
    — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • Pine Bluff is changing in a positive way and on the path for rapid growth.
    — I.c. Murrell, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
  • As the decades pass, women often lose more strands and hair growth slows down.
    — Stacey Colino, TIME, 12 July 2024
  • Tomatoes like warmth but above 95 degrees the plants halt their growth.
    — Ligaya Mishan Anthony Cotsifas Emily Woo Zeller Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 13 May 2024
  • But to iron out an extension now would be to shortchange the growth that still can come.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2023
  • The new growth is supposed to flower later in the summer, but this is not always the case.
    — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But in terms of something that - inflationary is about the rate of growth of prices.
    — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The rings show the annual growth pattern of trees and stresses such as fire.
    — Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Overall, streaming growth will slow though in the coming years.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2023
  • Also, be sure to remove all the leaves from the flower's stem to reduce the growth of bacteria in the vase.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The growth pattern on each turtle’s shell depends on its species.
    — Celia Ford, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2023
  • For the long-haired rat, more rain means more vegetation growth, and more food means more rats — lots more.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • This was the first cut in the benchmark loan rates since August 2022, as Beijing moved to roll out more measures to buoy growth.
    — WSJ, 20 June 2023
  • Treating your scalp with the ultimate TLC is a good way to help promote growth.
    — Tomoko Takeda Canel, Seventeen, 1 May 2023
  • Much of my growth is because of these brave women and other brave women in my life.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Here, barbells were the star, and hypertrophy—a.k.a. muscle growth—was the goal.
    — Liz Plosser, Women's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Its economy, once the world’s powerhouse, has slowed to a low-for-China growth rate of 5%.
    — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Building on the steady growth of the last few years, the league smashed viewership and attendance records this season.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The growth pushes the song to a No. 14 debut on the overall Streaming Songs chart, for Maydon’s first appearance there.
    — Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Rather than fearing change, developers should embrace it and view AI as a tool for growth and innovation.
    — Miles Ward, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024

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