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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
Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 17 July 2025
Once strictly viewed as a tool for underwriting, the most mature solutions now deliver consistent, actionable insights into consumer behaviors that traditional credit reports often miss, from customer acquisition and onboarding to account management and collections.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
Mexican tomatoes are typically picked red on the vine; in Florida, where most of the fresh US crop is grown, tomatoes are mostly picked green and finished maturing indoors with natural ethylene gas.
—David Shortell, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 July 2025
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Adjective
Adams, who has aged thousands of jawbones, aged her as a mature doe, one that is at least 5 ½ years old.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 17 July 2025
Once strictly viewed as a tool for underwriting, the most mature solutions now deliver consistent, actionable insights into consumer behaviors that traditional credit reports often miss, from customer acquisition and onboarding to account management and collections.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Verb
Conditions aren’t looking favorable for a strong storm right now because this system will likely not have much time to mature over water and will also have to overcome hostile upper-level winds that can rip apart storms.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
Mexican tomatoes are typically picked red on the vine; in Florida, where most of the fresh US crop is grown, tomatoes are mostly picked green and finished maturing indoors with natural ethylene gas.
—David Shortell, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mature
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Its national expansion efforts are notably slow and deliberate, due partially to the company’s commitment to never freezing any of its ingredients, meaning that any new restaurant must be within a day’s driving distance of an In-N-Out supply center.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
22 July 2025
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The changes comes as Target struggles with lagging sales, due in part to ongoing fallout over the company’s decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, as reported by KCRA and CNN.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
22 July 2025
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Why 'Shrinking' Is a Parents-Only Watch The themes, relationships, and conversations in this show are primarily adult in nature.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
27 Feb. 2025
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The next decades will witness, for the first time, the full impact of one-child families on adult Chinese society.—
Henry A. Kissinger,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2012
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Though best known for corn and soybeans, Indiana also grows a lot of tomatoes (tuh-may-tuhs, as my Hoosier grandfather would have called them).—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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Now comes news that many kinds of ticks are expanding their range and growing more abundant in the Midwest.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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Every candidate has already been vetted for safety; A.I. can identify low-hanging fruit, and then humans can decide whether the pairing is ripe for picking.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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Banana Bread Syrup Lewis says another alternative is to make your own banana bread syrup by simmering together mashed ripe banana, brown sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 July 2025
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From there, Glenn climbed the ladder, progressing from assistant defensive backs coach for the Browns to defensive backs coach for the Saints, to Lions’ defensive coordinator in 2021.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
23 July 2025
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The country had turned against Argentine manager Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino and there was little hope that the CONCACAF giants would progress from Group C that featured Poland, Argentina and Saudi Arabia.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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Self-awareness is an incredibly important skill to develop to get ahead of the psychological impact of victory.—
Brook Choulet,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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By investing in pedestrian safety, cities can develop more livable, and economically viable communities for future generations.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
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“Mature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mature. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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