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
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
As South Florida’s visual arts community has matured, so has global recognition of our artists.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Tuipulotu, in particular, has played so well and matured dramatically since the Chargers drafted him in the second round out of USC in 2023.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
DeFi has matured since its early days.
—Sky Wee, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Christian Braun has matured as a pick-and-roll navigator.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Lenovo's software has also matured, so switching between games feels more like playing a game console and less like a laptop jerry-rigged into a handheld.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
He’s also just matured as a bodily human as well as an actor.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
The building’s $120 million loan with Wells Fargo matured in January 2023, The Charlotte Business Journal previously reported, and CBRE listed the building for sale last year.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025
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The researchers suggest the specimen is an adult that had not yet fully matured -- about 19 years old, based on its bone microstructure.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
As South Florida’s visual arts community has matured, so has global recognition of our artists.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Tuipulotu, in particular, has played so well and matured dramatically since the Chargers drafted him in the second round out of USC in 2023.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
DeFi has matured since its early days.
—Sky Wee, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Christian Braun has matured as a pick-and-roll navigator.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Lenovo's software has also matured, so switching between games feels more like playing a game console and less like a laptop jerry-rigged into a handheld.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
He’s also just matured as a bodily human as well as an actor.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
The building’s $120 million loan with Wells Fargo matured in January 2023, The Charlotte Business Journal previously reported, and CBRE listed the building for sale last year.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for matured
Adjective
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One creator, who goes by @littlemisstippytoes on TikTok, said in a post that before tween media rose to prominence, preteens were either seen as early bloomers for looking more mature, or childish for looking their age.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Start with the largest, most mature stems.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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Which brings me to the question of why this all progressed from a snowball fight to an authoritarian avalanche at such lightning speed?—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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Jinnies progressed to competitive cheerleading on the collegiate level at Orange Coast College, where his squad was undefeated.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Spring brings ripe strawberries, while summer is filled with juicy peaches, and fall offers apples and pumpkins.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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Digital settler colonialism renders digital terrain as an extension of physical spaces ripe for colonization, relying on imperial sanction to target anti-colonial subjects and their supporters as enemies that must be neutralized by any means necessary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Over the same period, Democratic registration grew by about 38,000 voters, or roughly 3%.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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With RoboBallet, the complexity of computation also grew with the complexity of the system, but at a far slower rate.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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But six of the top eight players projected to get the most minutes this season are also aged 29 or older.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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As those deals aged—and some of those same operators dramatically scaled back their ambitions—the market re-set its expectations for those tie-ups moving forward.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Each bottle of ink and each toner cartridge has a page-yield rating, based on test pages developed by the International Organization for Standards (ISO).—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The nation’s early Tomahawk cruise missiles were developed at General Dynamics Convair division in San Diego during the 1970s and later tested far offshore.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Matured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matured. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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