1
as in adulthood
the state of being fully grown or developed
people are legally considered to have reached maturity at the age of 18 in the United States
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2
as in age
the state of being an old person
special senior citizen discounts are one advantage of maturity
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Recent Examples of maturity
Investment risk can be reduced by laddering maturity dates as well as using different barrier levels, indexes and issuers.
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Jamie Cinotto, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Woolf, who had endured the deaths of siblings and both parents, who had been confined to bed on a milk-and-meat diet during multiple breakdowns, was determined, especially in Mrs. Dalloway, to place life next to death, to surround midlife with the delicious pleasures of both youth and maturity.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
Having a plan asserts self-respect as much as maturity.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025
July 31) is complicated by the numerous factors relative to mental maturity.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
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Jamie Cinotto, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Woolf, who had endured the deaths of siblings and both parents, who had been confined to bed on a milk-and-meat diet during multiple breakdowns, was determined, especially in Mrs. Dalloway, to place life next to death, to surround midlife with the delicious pleasures of both youth and maturity.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
Having a plan asserts self-respect as much as maturity.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025
July 31) is complicated by the numerous factors relative to mental maturity.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maturity
age
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In fact, executive strengths like strategic judgment, big-picture thinking and emotional intelligence often mature with age.—
Rob Robinson,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Their work in the market has considerably lowered the age of the squad and added more dynamism to a team that had started to look one-paced.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Maturity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maturity. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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