mature
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Their work revealed a network of genes that acts like a biological switch, limiting axon growth as neurons mature and form synapses.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Working with screenwriter Will Soodik, Parsons has gone back into that banal maze to find an uncannily mature story about loss and stagnation, about how our self-serving narratives barricade us from emotional growth.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Coed Cadw believes that up to 25% of urban areas should be covered by a canopy of mature trees.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
And once they mature more, they could take over from people working in software.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
As time passed, I grew more mature and more aware of the sacrifice it had taken for my people to live and grow up in the South all those many years before me.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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