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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
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Your romantic expectations and creative ventures take on a more mature and grounded tone, Virgo.
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Much of the equipment at Herbert’s gym caters to mature bodies.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
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Singapore’s market is dominated by mature, value-heavy companies, which limits its exposure to the faster growth typically seen in technology stocks.
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From there, the agency hopes to develop and mature the technologies needed to expand deeper into the solar system to places like Mars.
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Think of this as the matured version of the Kool-Aid dip-dye technique.—
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That’s due in part to those warmer, southerly storms causing precipitation to fall as rain rather than snow.—
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Americans have until April 15 to file their 2025 tax returns and pay any tax due, the IRS said.—
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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.—
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Justin Vernon’s midwestern charm and pliable falsetto has always endeared him to indie-rock dads raised on Michael McDonald, but starting a family himself between Bon Iver projects turned this year’s Sable, Fable into a deep examination of the fatherly adult contemporary figure in popular music.—
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Until then, the only limits on their selections were Vimeo’s standard terms of service, which prohibit content that incites violence or qualifies as pornographic.—
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Under a new law, Florida began requiring age verification checks for visitors to pornographic websites, notes Paul Bischoff, editor of Comparitech, a site that reviews personal cybersecurity software.—
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If similar inflow patterns are found in other inactive galaxies, red geysers could become a key model for understanding how galaxies across the universe grow old, and quietly stay that way.—
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The strategy reflects McDonald's broader push to lean on nostalgia and popular partnerships to drive traffic and loyalty at a time when consumers are growing more cautious about spending, the outlet reported, citing a recent earnings call.—
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There's nothing quite like ripe, juicy blueberries picked at the height of the season.—
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Adding ripe avocado makes hummus greener, creamier, and more delicious.—
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December 22 – January 19 When boundaries feel tight, kindness unlocks progress.—
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Capricorn December 22 – January 19 When boundaries feel tight, kindness unlocks progress.—
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“Mature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mature. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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