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maturity

[muh-choor-i-tee, -toor-, -tyoor-, -chur-] / məˈtʃʊər ɪ ti, -ˈtʊər-, -ˈtjʊər-, -ˈtʃɜr- /


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What appears to be appendicitis turns out to be severe constipation, a public announcement I’m sure his schoolmates will handle with grace and maturity.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Simmons said he was impressed by Boobie’s maturity.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

The grandchildren must take secondary financial classes and pass with a C or better to have access to a small percentage of the funds after reaching maturity.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The remark reveals Antonelli's sense of humour, but also a maturity and self-awareness that might not always be expected in someone so young.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

And so, with the utmost maturity and respect, I told Alma Ember, in her parents’ shag-carpeted living room, that we probably shouldn’t see each other anymore.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

A few takeaways: Companies are buckling up for a higher-yield environment; spreads—the amount a company pays above a benchmark Treasury—may widen; and those issuing debt may do so with shorter, cheaper, maturities.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The new buyback targets longer-dated nominal coupon securities with maturities 10 years or longer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Private credit also has significantly higher annual yields than comparable public bonds — from 50 to 200 basis points within the same investment grade depending on maturities.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Some data-center bonds are also lower-rated, and with shorter-term maturities.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Could we conceive of a man eighty thousand years old, we should have in him an absolutely alterable character; so that the maturities of successive, varying individuals would develop in him.

From Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche




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