brought up

verb

past tense of bring up
1
as in raised
to bring to maturity through care and education it takes an immense commitment and a lot of love to bring up a child properly

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2
as in introduced
to present or bring forward for discussion I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money

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3
as in stopped
to bring (something) to a standstill wasn't expecting the operator to bring up the carnival ride so suddenly

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Recent Examples of brought up The next day, his rebuild group met, and one of the architects brought up prefabricated housing as an option to speed things along. — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026 Fadal brought up her own phantom smells during a recent podcast conversation with Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist who’s written about and conducted research on this symptom. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 26 Aug. 2026 One of your colleagues recently brought up the thought that K-pop sounds more and more like American pop. — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Along with preaching meritocracy, Rolapp brought up rules that applied to the players who bolted for LIV Golf with big signing bonuses. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Speaking with actress Leslie Mann during the episode, Kylie Kelce brought up Swift and her growing influence on the Kelce clan. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 The actress’ mother, Lesley Vogel, brought up Hickerson in an NBC News interview on Tuesday. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 But during discussions with Chelsea, who signed Morgan Rogers from Villa, Alejandro Garnacho was brought up, and Unai Emery decided the club should sanction a move for him, adding further difficulty to any possible deal for Mbaye. — Andy Jones, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Using Modular, five engineers brought up Amazon’s Trainium chip in under five months, roughly 25 engineering-months against the several thousand a traditional effort consumes. — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brought up
  1. raised
  2. introduced
  3. stopped
  4. fostered
  5. placed
  6. halted
  7. stalled
  8. caught
Verb
  • Saturday’s result raised UNC’s floor more than its ceiling in my eyes.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • He was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, according to his older sister Maridale Powell, 89.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of raised
Verb
  • That change was introduced to help give club staff working across transfer departments a more normal working pattern.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Selective repression had already been introduced before 2022 with the imprisonment of a number of governors, ministers, and high-ranking civil servants on charges of corruption and abuse of power.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of introduced
Verb
  • Group argued construction could be irreversible The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which is challenging the ballroom, had told the justices that the project would likely become irreversible unless it is stopped now.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Bilt, for its part, said the issue had to do with an earlier iteration of its credit cards that had stopped accepting customers.
    — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • That reality seems to have fostered a sense of entitlement rather than gratitude.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • And as evidenced by Spade and the D’Allara family's reunion, the emotional connections fostered on that perilous day have persisted through two decades.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of fostered
Verb
  • Few have placed bigger bets than Blackstone on the AI revolution, which demands massive funding for large language models and the data centers and energy infrastructure that power them.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The illusion of molten steel was basically water and mineral oil mixed with a little powdered sugar; creative lighting and heaters placed below the cameras—plus a few CGI sparks in the background—did the rest.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of placed
Verb
  • Today, a federal court halted it before this administration could wreak havoc on our elections.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The near miss raised questions about why the commercial flight was cleared for takeoff while Marine One was preparing to depart, a period when airline traffic is typically halted around presidential helicopter operations.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of halted
Verb
  • Washington has turned to pulling economic levers six months into a war on Iran that has ground to a stalemate militarily, with peace talks stalled and most traffic through the crucial Strait of Hormuz blocked.
    — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Settlement talks in that litigation appear to have stalled after Bonta canceled a session scheduled for Monday.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of stalled
Verb
  • The 6-2 Marshall, a former second-round pick of the Carolina Panthers, hasn’t made big plays in the passing game, but has caught Slowik’s eye in another area.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Noah Tarrant caught both scoring passes, 12 and 63 yards, and finished with five catches for 106 yards.
    — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of caught

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“Brought up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brought%20up. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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