End
End noun - The stopping of a process or activity.
Maturing
Maturing noun - The process of becoming mature.
Usage example: the maturing of young horses can take several years
Both words in one sentence
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Maturing into a grown woman is a plot point and she's a business woman by the end; the childlike innocent helps her connect with like minded children seen in the epilogue.
Source: The Ingenue - The Inmost Light trilogy deals with maturing from childhood and adulthood and losing the senses of innocence and wonder in the process, portraying such loss as though it were the end of the world.
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Expository Hairstyle Change: Gang-du's blond highlights are gone by the end of the film and so is the scruffy hairstyle, as a sign of his maturing responsibility as a parent.
Source: Film / The Host
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