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Reason: the here-and-now U.S. economy has nearly as many soft spots as a well-matured cantaloupe.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was, nevertheless, good sound brandy, genuine juice of the grape, soft and well-matured.

From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

It was a muzzle-loader of the crop of 1854, and carried a bullet the size of a well-matured cherry.

From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Irvin, Rea

By Cuttings of Single Eyes.—This mode of propagation is by cutting the ripened young branches into short lengths, each containing one well-matured bud or eye, with a short portion of the stem above and below.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

And he began planning his behavior as juror, the dignified bearing, the well-matured utterances, the shrewd cross-questioning.

From The Calico Cat by Thompson, Charles Miner