In many ways, both the 13-year-old festival and the straitlaced Singapore government have come of age.
The global network has come of age - and those using it must grow up, too.
"Cites is ready to come of age for marine species, " said Dr O'Criodain.
From web polling to Xbox streaming to Big Data analytics, interactive politics has come of age.
The 386 generation has come of age, and South Korea may never be the same again.
An entire generation of traditionally published authors has come of age learning to self-promote.
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The Internet may have come of age, but as its users we are still in our infancy.
While next-generation biofuels, such as cellulosic ethanol, are struggling to come of age, corn ethanol is well-established.
But a new generation of immigrants who've come of age in France have brought fresh cross-cultural fusions.
Names aren't that important and I think everyone should choose their own name when they come of age.
"It is really significant for Cites to come of age like this, " Dr Susan Lieberman told BBC News.
Having come of age just as the Vietnam war was winding down, I felt a twinge of excitement.
But as more of them register to vote or come of age, they influence policy more every year.
Menswear, in recent decades hiding in the shadow of a booming women's fashion industry, has seemingly come of age.
This was a sign that African fashion had "come of age, " she said.
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The child it conceived with Germany half a century has come of age.
Rather, these young adults have come of age at a particularly merciless moment.
When the sons and daughters of the well-manned post-2001 wars come of age, the current trend will become a flood.
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At the end of our recent trip, we were fully convinced that Chile has come of age for sophisticated travelers.
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And of course, many readers who were children when the series appeared have come of age along with Rowling's narratives.
"It was good to see Rhys come of age and take the ball-kicking duties on, he did extremely well, " said Davies.
At 34, the working-class Meadows is one of the most intriguing talents to have come of age during the Thatcher era.
"The reality of using high-energy lasers in killing systems has finally come of age, " he wrote in a 2000 Army magazine article.
U.S. Paralympians have come of age, but more needs to be done.
Even most liberals, though, say that once the children have come of age they will have to settle for one nationality or the other.
Since I wrote those earlier columns, badges have come of age.
And it seems to me that I have come of age at the same time that the nation has come of age in a certain way.
Having come of age in serious times, you all don't have a lot of patience for pettiness and bickering and the worn divisions of the past.
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Developed countries that are quick to abandon declining industries and move upmarket into new industries and services will fare best as the emerging economies come of age.
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