raise a family
idiom
: to have and bring up children
She raised a family before she went to college.
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Niche also ranks Overland Park as the seventh-best city to raise a family and the eight-best city to live in the United States.
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Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
The Bay Area is the ideal place to raise a family in the U.S.—the city of Fremont, California, to be exact.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 June 2024
While these jobs have never paid especially well, people could get by and raise a family on them.
—Matthew Powers, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
Kentucky is in the spotlight after two of its locations appeared on a list of best U.S. cities to raise a family — but one fell much lower on the list.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
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Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
The Bay Area is the ideal place to raise a family in the U.S.—the city of Fremont, California, to be exact.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 June 2024
While these jobs have never paid especially well, people could get by and raise a family on them.
—Matthew Powers, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
Kentucky is in the spotlight after two of its locations appeared on a list of best U.S. cities to raise a family — but one fell much lower on the list.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
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“Raise a family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raise%20a%20family. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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