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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
Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 May 2026
From his research and experience, Brier notes the technology is now mature enough to move forward and the costs for many organizations won’t be a restrictive consideration.
—Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Judy Nauseef, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026
For wheat farmers across the Great Plains, those late April to early May weeks are critical as winter wheat begins to mature before the summer harvest.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 May 2026
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Adjective
More and more data is going to be on the cloud, and consumers are more mature about it, and there’s going to be a lot of regulation about what to do with this data.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 May 2026
From his research and experience, Brier notes the technology is now mature enough to move forward and the costs for many organizations won’t be a restrictive consideration.
—Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Verb
Its flower clusters are often two-toned because flowers emerge from pink buds but mature to a blue tone.
—Judy Nauseef, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2026
For wheat farmers across the Great Plains, those late April to early May weeks are critical as winter wheat begins to mature before the summer harvest.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mature
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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
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Harris’ infield single on a ball Hoerner tried to scoop and shovel with his mitt errantly got past first baseman Michael Busch, prompting Counsell to end Imanaga’s night at 96 pitches and right-handed hitting Ha-Seong Kim due up.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Elections are due by next year, and Sánchez technically leads a minority government that receives support from regional parties, but a potential right-wing bloc of mainstream and far-right parties could have a clear parliamentary majority, and oust Sánchez’s ruling Socialists.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
13 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
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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
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Kreith advises using heavy duty cages for tomatoes, arches for beans, stakes for peppers and eggplant, and a trellis for cucumbers, which grow as a vine.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Isaac Rangaswami, a former tech-company copywriter, first grew a following around an Instagram account called @caffs_not_cafes, which highlighted historic, low-key, unheralded London canteens.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Some of my favorite things about these characters is the friendships that form separate from the romances, and that also felt ripe for TV adaptation.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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That makes the exercise ripe for the hacking.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
13 May 2026
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As Dan’s relationship with Kolkena progressed, Betty reportedly left vulgar and threatening messages on the couple’s answering machine, prompting Dan to threaten criminal contempt action, according to the Los Angeles Times.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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Much as Vegas shifted momentum after looking like the lesser team during a split of Games 1 and 2, the Ducks would have to respond as the series progressed.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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“Mature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mature. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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