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as in matured
fully grown or developed
I like pears when they're still hard, before they're mature
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as in due
having reached the date at which payment is required
mature bonds
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as in pornographic
dealing in or with explicitly sexual material
a mature talk show that is available only on pay-cable
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as in to grow
to become mature
a young figure skater whose talent is still maturing
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Recent Examples of mature
Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
Higher summer temperatures can help vinegar be a more effective weed killer, but pulling out mature weeds entirely will be your best bet.
—Aliyah Rodriguez, The Spruce, 15 May 2026
Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
For years, he was known as an enfant terrible; now he’s matured.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2026
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Adjective
Gabon’s mature oil sector produces about 227,000 barrels a day and has limited room for rapid expansion.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
Higher summer temperatures can help vinegar be a more effective weed killer, but pulling out mature weeds entirely will be your best bet.
—Aliyah Rodriguez, The Spruce, 15 May 2026
Verb
These shrubs live up to their name, maturing at up to 40 to 60 feet tall and 12 to 18 feet wide.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
For years, he was known as an enfant terrible; now he’s matured.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mature
Adjective
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Think of this as the matured version of the Kool-Aid dip-dye technique.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Its owners would be due the first £4m of any arrangement, as well as splitting anything above that number 50-50 with West Ham.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Add a serious, well-past-due modernization push, processing capacity, storage, precision farming, EU-standard systems, and total capital needs plausibly rise to $90-100 billion.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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It is estimated that, based on measures of blood glucose, lipids, and other parameters, less than 12% of the adult American population can even be said to metabolically healthy.—
Christopher Duggan,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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For many readers and critics, the perception was that Mansfield was almost writing children’s fiction, since most of her stories are deceptively easy to read, although her themes are entirely adult in both form and content.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Professor Glen-Peter Ahlers, 71, was arrested in February after at least hundreds of pornographic photos and videos of children were found on his hard drive.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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The illicit chatbots allegedly produced pornographic images.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Glittering nuptial celebrations are growing domestically, those in the industry say.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 May 2026
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Amid a wave of momentum for women’s sports, the PWHL’s ultimate goal was to grow to 12 franchises.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The scam driving the narrative is a live one, featuring the Gowanus Canal, then New York City’s most polluted body of water and ripe for development, a few dozen blocks north of Little Odessa.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Refrigerating ripe bananas can slow further ripening for several days, though the peels may darken quickly.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
18 May 2026
Verb
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As the novel progresses, the two tracks collide in unexpected ways.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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As the disease progresses, symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, rash, organ dysfunction and sometimes internal or external bleeding, the WHO said.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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“Mature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mature. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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