How to Use maturation in a Sentence
maturation
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The Cards took a big step in that maturation process this week.
—The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2024
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The change of scenery came with a maturation of her work ethic.
—oregonlive, 11 June 2021
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The true mark of a team’s maturation is its ability to close out games.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
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What parts of that maturation have been easy and what parts were difficult?
—TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
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No barrel, no maturation, no cooperage to smooth the edges or fill the gaps.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
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This maturation was more pronounced in females, as seen on the left.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
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Now researchers have found a way to watch—and even gently steer—that maturation in the lab.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2026
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Looking back, Bosa sees this as part of his maturation process.
—Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Since a decade ago, there’s been a serious maturation of the field.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
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There is a ton of growth and maturation that comes when someone leaves home and has to figure out life on their own.
—Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
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The maturation varies, with some expressions aged up to eight years.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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The maturation of a junior class that had a good off-season also will help.
—Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2017
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There’s growth and maturation there.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
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There’s growth and maturation there.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
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As mentioned before, this is not the first rye whiskey to get this type of secondary maturation.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
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And then watching the maturation over the course of his career has been awesome.
—Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2018
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Stepping up big in the championship game was all part of his maturation process.
—Emmett Hall, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 July 2018
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White miso is a sweeter type of miso, while red miso has a longer maturation time and higher salt content.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 28 Sep. 2024
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Depending on the spirit, the agave plant’s maturation ranges from five to eight years.
—Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
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This leads to more active maturation that creates complex flavours in less time.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
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That’s part of the maturation process in this thing is being able to not let Cleveland beat you two times.
—Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 28 Sep. 2021
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The drug, called bomedemstat, blocks a protein that plays a role in the maturation of blood cells in the bone marrow.
—Jonathan D. Rockoff, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
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Are the old timers wringing their hands over these fits and starts of maturation, fretting about where this is all headed?
—Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2021
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Many secondary maturations are tried and true—think wine, sherry, or rum barrels.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 July 2026
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That’s part of a maturation process for the 24-year-old Stevenson.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
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One that comes to an end with real maturation, and the onset of adulthood’s true trappings.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 18 Aug. 2020
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Still, the skill set is immense and the power should play right away, even if the average might need maturation.
—Chris Blessing, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2020
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On Sunday, that maturation process was present.
—Aaron Heisen, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
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After all, that maturation is one of the things that makes scotch whisky, well, scotch whisky (legally it has be matured for three years).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2022
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This, Maddon believes, is part of the maturation process for a good young pitcher.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022
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