How to Use raise a family in a Sentence

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  • But what are the top 10 best and worst U.S. cities to raise a family?
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 7 June 2024
  • It was also named one of the safest cities and best places to raise a family.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • To keep the city Lake Saint Croix Beach a safe and affordable place to live and raise a family.
    — Pioneer Press Elections Team, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2024
  • One Indiana city made a list of the best spots to raise a family.
    — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2024
  • For buyers who want to live in Boise and raise a family there for the next 20 years, this may not matter.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Here are the top 25 places to raise a family in Alabama: 1.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The city earned its spot as the best place to raise a family due to economic factors.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 June 2024
  • California is home to some of the best — and worst — places in the country to raise a family, a new study says.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
  • Others are reading:Where's the best place to raise a family?
    — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2024
  • The college town is an idyllic place to go to college and raise a family.
    — Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Carroll County is a great and safe place to raise a family.
    — Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
  • For instance, that large home in the suburbs might have been a good place to raise a family or commute to work.
    — Steve Vernon, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Gilbert was ranked as the best suburb to raise a family in Phoenix, according to Niche.com.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • This country can and should be a great place to live, worship, raise a family, and enjoy the trappings of the good life.
    — Rich Logis, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2022
  • 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.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
  • And maybe left some of their dreams to the wayside in order to raise a family and be a good wife and keep that unit together.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • My mother was an example of how to make a home and raise a family far from your own.
    — Longreads, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Counties with the highest scores were identified as the best places to raise a family.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Looking forward to the work ahead in making Minnesota the best place to live, work, and raise a family.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • One even married a local girl and remained on the island to raise a family.
    — Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
  • It was also named the city with the best public schools in America as well as the No. 1 best city across the country to buy a house and raise a family.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Minnesota, as a state, one of WalletHub’s best places to raise a family.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2025
  • For the second year in a row, WalletHub has ranked Massachusetts as the best state in the nation to raise a family.
    — Scott Wilk, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The dreamers and the dream-keepers make a community a great place to live, do business and raise a family.
    — Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Thatikonda wanted to buy a house, get married and raise a family.
    — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • One Kentucky city made a list of the best spots to raise a family, and Bluegrass residents might be surprised to hear which one.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 24 July 2024
  • Fresh air, a safe place to raise a family, and a slower pace of life are among the reasons cited—along with a sense that the island was calling them back.
    — Isabelle Kliger, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Portland, at least according to one new study, is a pretty good place to raise a family.
    — oregonlive, 31 May 2023
  • Gold moved to Knoxville, Tenn., in 2003 to raise a family and earn a law degree from the University of Tennessee.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • In the middle of the last century, someone could get a job right out of high school and, with that one job, manage to raise a family, buy a house, securely retire and perhaps send a child to college.
    — Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025

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