mature
adjective
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms.
has been maturing
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present perfect progressiveof mature (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In contrast to Kentucky, which started five freshmen, Connecticut has been maturing for several seasons, and a veteran roster waited a year — after the postseason ban — to re-establish itself as a national power.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2014
Over the past few years, the Microsoft developer community has been maturing and changing so that it looks much more like the world of non-Microsoft development.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012
Murray has been maturing nicely into his Britishness in recent times.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2010
Before the assemblage Mr. Davis set forth the plans which he has been maturing for three years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had you failed, you would have become subject to your opponent, whose strength has been maturing for years to overpower you.
From Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
