mature
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Nick Florko: It’s a parasite that is spread by human feces, specifically feces that is left out in the environment to mature and gets infectious.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
As the technologies mature, they could strengthen the commercial space sector by opening new markets, reducing costs, expanding customer choice, and introducing entirely new capabilities for space operations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
He has had to mature in the brightest spotlight.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
She’s got some songs that are more mature and relatable for people our age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
It puts my ears to sleep, but still, when he talks I pretend to listen to him, if only because it seems like the mature thing to do.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
“What I’ve told everybody is, ‘I’m a late maturer.’
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 20, 2020
"I came back to Scotland a lot maturer than when I left because I realised it was not quite the same up here," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2015
While the diction is sometimes childlike, even in her maturer poems, their "direct line" to sharp, unmediated experience guarantees them against affectation, and the reader warms to their sensuousness and apparent candour.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2010
She's maturer and obviously her game has improved.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2010
Engaged extensively, in early life, in mercantile pursuits, he devoted himself at a maturer period to the development of the agricultural and economic resources of Ireland.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
Expect big, gut-busting laughs from the set tailored mainly for only the maturest of gift receivers.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
Composer Brahms's two sonatas for clarinet and piano belong to his last, maturest period.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also wrote the maturest poems of his life, possibly the finest that have ever been written about war.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Dialogue With Death the Hungarian Arthur Koestler's clinical notes on the subject of life & death were perhaps the maturest writing of the year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now it is claimed that every thinker who reaches the maturest stage of thought attains to this insight.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
The offering is expected to be at least $20 billion, Bloomberg reported, with proceeds going toward refinancing a $20 billion bridge loan that matures in September 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 20, 2026
The longer until a bond matures, the greater its sensitivity is to rate changes, a measure known as duration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Whenever a bond matures, a replacement bond is purchased with the requisite duration so that the overall ladder’s duration remains relatively unchanged.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
In typical human development, the striatum tends to shrink as a child matures.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
As a young sea demon matures, the narrator said, changes happen in the monster’s body.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
The researchers identified the cells they were searching for: so called immature neurons, which resemble young neurons that have not yet fully matured.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
A robust banking system and wide availability of nonbank financing helped funnel capital to startups and other ventures, allowing them to sustain losses for longer periods as their businesses matured.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
Still, regardless of who he played in the years following “Buffy” or how odiously that character behaves, Giles was never far from our minds, especially as we matured and increased our emotional distance from Sunnydale.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
He believes that “Do That Again” reflects a matured version of himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
This thought matured in him slowly, and it was reflected in Vasudeva’s old childlike face: harmony, knowledge of the eternal perfection of the world, and unity.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
Yields on the 10-year German Bund, maturing in August 2036, rose 2.2 basis points to 3.145%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Byrd’s singularity remains today, as she weighs a legacy steeped in youth against her maturing body and mind.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
It also has a maturing satellite-communications business, as well as an early-stage artificial-intelligence component with multibillion-dollar deals supplying Alphabet and Anthropic.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
Despite significant gains like the Nasdaq’s 30% rally, experts suggest the tech sector’s ‘easy phase’ may be maturing, shifting focus to execution.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
As in the families of humans, the maturing stars journey far from home, and the siblings see little of each other.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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