maturity

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A self-assured, naive young woman joins a dysfunctional theater company in Beryl Bainbridge’s darkly comic novel of mishaps and maturity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But the teenager has already shown her maturity.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“U.S. shale maturity is a real phenomenon,” Dan Pickering, chief investment officer at Pickering Energy Partners, told Barron’s.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

“But the minute he starts talking, everybody thinks the same thing: ‘Coach, you may have some more maturity and life experiences now that you’re married and have kids, but you’re exactly the same.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The next month the first pair reproduces, the second pair reproduces, since it has reached maturity, but the third pair is too young.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife