grow from

verb

grew from; grown from; growing from; grows from
: to come from or originate from (something)
The company grew from an idea he had in college.

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With constant blazes, shrubs cannot replenish their seed banks fast enough and, eventually, there are few seeds left for the plants to grow from after fire. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 The idea grew from her work at Sunshine, where Mayer’s team concluded that about 60% of a typical camera roll is worth sharing. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 According to Long, the gathering grew from about 40 cars and a few hundred spectators in 2014 to 300 display cars and thousands of visitors at Luftgekühlt 12 this year. — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026 There were heavy, spraggly points, long and short, growing from the main beams in all directions. — Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grow from

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“Grow from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grow%20from. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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