as in mature
fully grown or developed
a matured plant in full bloom
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as in progressed
to become mature
a young figure skater whose talent is still maturing
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Recent Examples of matured
Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Cyril Soliman, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026
Hybrid power was cleaner and capable of guiding transportation through a more climate-friendly century while batteries and charging infrastructure matured.
—Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
This team has matured over the years, but also over those two months.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Everyone else around them has matured and behaves in an age-appropriate manner.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
That early bet matured into a more formal strategy in 2025, when CATL introduced its Naxtra battery brand.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Disney World, Orlando and their visitors have matured together, Vahle said.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Competitive Position in Physical AI Microsoft enters the robotics foundation model market, which has matured considerably over the past eighteen months.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The market has matured, and external economic cycles, along with institutional behavior, now have a greater impact.
—William Jones, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Think of this as the matured version of the Kool-Aid dip-dye technique.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
What began as a mainstream electric hatch has matured into something genuinely desirable.
—Cyril Soliman, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026
Hybrid power was cleaner and capable of guiding transportation through a more climate-friendly century while batteries and charging infrastructure matured.
—Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
This team has matured over the years, but also over those two months.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Everyone else around them has matured and behaves in an age-appropriate manner.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
That early bet matured into a more formal strategy in 2025, when CATL introduced its Naxtra battery brand.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Disney World, Orlando and their visitors have matured together, Vahle said.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Competitive Position in Physical AI Microsoft enters the robotics foundation model market, which has matured considerably over the past eighteen months.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The market has matured, and external economic cycles, along with institutional behavior, now have a greater impact.
—William Jones, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for matured
Adjective
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Once fully mature, this blueberry bush can yield 3 to 5 pounds of fruit.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
16 Feb. 2026
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The 2025 world champion returns to her second Olympic Games with a fresh, mature perspective from a two-year hiatus and has already helped the United States to a gold medal in the team event.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Gotch and Burns were pioneers of wrestling, and as the 20th century progressed, schools in Iowa at both the high school and collegiate levels began offering wrestling as a sport.—
Cooper Worth,
Des Moines Register,
17 Feb. 2026
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As the night progressed, cocktail glasses continued to clink while a tasty île flottante dessert made its way to each table.—
Avon Dorsey,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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The snowpack the skiers had been travelling on had a weak layer that had been loaded up with snow, making conditions ripe for an avalanche, according to Chris Feutrier, USDA forest supervisor for the Tahoe National Forest.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued a red flag warning, meaning that as the afternoon moved forward conditions would be very dry and windy, making the area ripe for brush fire spread.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Milwaukee County, though, defied these expectations when its population grew for the first time in a decade in 2024.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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The school started with 25 students at the beginning of the year, but grew to 34 by January.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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The dispute centered over a 40,000-person clinical trial that concluded Moderna's new vaccine was more effective in adults aged 50 and older than one of the standard flu shots used today.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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Now, a new survey of 2,000 women aged 50 and over across Britain, commissioned by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), suggests the problem may be even more widespread than previously understood.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
18 Feb. 2026
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an ultra-stretchable material that repels nearly any liquid and holds up under extreme deformation.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Freret is one of three krewes throwing biodegradable beads developed at Louisiana State University.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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