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adjective

as in mature

fully grown or developed a matured plant in full bloom

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verb

past tense of mature

as in progressed

to become mature a young figure skater whose talent is still maturing

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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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The bourbon was initially matured for seven years and then spent nine weeks in the distillery’s limestone cellar to finish. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026 Bakker’s boyhood experience of the wild, unruly Pentecostal God might have matured into a due humility, a dumbstruck awe and a sense of wonder. — David Von Drehle, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 Fifty-one barrels matured on the third floor of Warehouse I, while another 48 aged on the first floor of Warehouse L. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2026 Crucially, structures have matured past equity into standing credit facilities. — Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Returning to the Mach-E in 2026 offered an opportunity to see how the vehicle has matured. — Tim Jackson, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2026 Stablecoins followed the same arc, as wrapped claims on bank deposits, before the market matured enough to demand more sophisticated structures underneath. — Ivan Kan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Diop questioned the suitability of the traditional private equity model for small African businesses, arguing that the industry’s typical five-year investment horizon often forces exits before companies have fully matured. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026 As integrative oncology has matured, so have the research questions. — Lorenzo Cohen, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026

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As post-Covid debts mature, a record share of poor countries net-repaid the IMF in 2026 – a drain set to widen by 2030.

— Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
That rhythm can be useful for mature companies with predictable earnings and clear public market sponsorship.

— Jeff Jacobs, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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The technology has progressed to full-scale demonstrations at Kairos Power’s Oak Ridge campus in Tennessee, where the company’s Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor is under construction.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Gifting or transferring shares after a sale or offering has progressed too far leaves room for the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the valuation.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of progressed

Adjective

This season, bold knits and unexpected color pairings are ripe for the picking, courtesy of Tory Burch.

— Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026
Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility was already ably adapted by Ang Lee and Emma Thompson, but Jane Austen’s work is ripe to return to over and over again.

— Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of ripe

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Melanie Lawrence, a 68-year-old independent, worries about wells going dry in her area near Willcox, where the groundwater grew so depleted that the land started to crack.

— Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
China’s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter thanks to the country’s powerful export machine, with domestic consumption still lagging and the authorities showing little interest in fiscal stimulus.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of grew

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This individual asset is often referred to as zest, and it can be purposefully developed to assist us in managing daily stressors as well as creating meaningful lives.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
The Rockefeller Foundation has just published a policy proposal – developed in partnership with leading experts – that details how a Growth and Investment Reset could work.

— Masood Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

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