as in development
the time when a person becomes an adult
The film is about a young man's coming-of-age.
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Together, the developments mark a turning point for the joint city-county agency, which has coordinated housing and services for people experiencing homelessness across the region for decades.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026 -
The rapid development of AI, which now dominates so much public discussion, will surely be as transformative as the development of the steam engine or electrical power in earlier times.—
Jed Perl,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Captured during ongoing flight testing, the image shows the aircraft in formation behind a KC-135 Stratotanker, marking a significant milestone in the program’s maturation.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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This new whisky, however, was aged for 10 years entirely in first-fill and refill sherry butts and then given a six-year secondary maturation in virgin mizunara oak.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
15 Apr. 2026
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This transit teaches maturity through action.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Bertman’s judgment of me as a 13-year-old was typical of a maturity well beyond of his years and served him well his entire life.—
George Solomon,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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The People's Bank of China kept the loan prime rate, or LPR, unchanged on Monday, as surging global oil prices amid escalating Middle East tensions pushed up energy prices and clouded the growth outlook.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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State lawmakers are also looking to limit or repeal the incentives that paved the way for massive growth in data centers.—
Kevin Hardy,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2026
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Colossal did clone Tom Brady’s dog, but even in its veterinary arm, Lamm sees more promise in using its data to help design vaccines and model disease evolution than in selling directly to consumers.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Gadd’s latest is a study of willful repression and cycles of abuse, not unconscious rediscovery and evolution in the aftermath.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Coming-of-age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming-of-age. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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