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maduro

American  
[muh-door-oh] / məˈdʊər oʊ /

adjective

  1. strong and darkly colored.


maduro British  
/ məˈdʊərəʊ /

adjective

  1. (of cigars) dark and strong

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a cigar of this type

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of maduro

1885–90; < Spanish < Latin mātūrus ripe

Example Sentences

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Geopolitical strategists are closely monitoring Beijing’s reaction to the attack on its ally just months after the U.S. seized Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro, one of China’s closest allies in Latin America.

From Barron's

One constant question since Maduro's arrest is: how long can Cuba hold on without new fuel supplies reaching the island?

From BBC

A person familiar with the negotiations who asked not to be named said tensions between Anthropic and the Pentagon "go back several months," before it was publicly known that Claude was used as part of a US operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

From BBC

Since Maduro was removed from power, Rodriguez -- his onetime vice president -- has worked closely with the United States, and passed an amnesty law to help accelerate the thaw in Venezuela's ties with the broader West.

From Barron's

The fight escalated after an Anthropic employee asked a counterpart at data-mining company Palantir Technologies, its partner, whether Claude was used in the raid to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

From The Wall Street Journal