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as in matured
fully grown or developed
a ripe tomato
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as in stinking
having an unpleasant smell
the clothes of the field hands were sweaty and ripe after a hard day's work
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Recent Examples of ripe
Just an hour south of Miami is a candyland of tropical fruits ripe for picking.
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Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
Winter is ripe for colds — but sometimes sniffling, sneezing, or congestion can be a sign of poor air quality in your home.
—Camryn Rabideau, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
It is beautifully balanced in the mouth with flavors of toasted almonds, Anjou pear, and ripe peach.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2024
The flavors were familiar and comfortable together and also representative of the shoulder between winter and spring when citrus is still ripe, but plants are starting to flower and herbs are new again.
—Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
Winter is ripe for colds — but sometimes sniffling, sneezing, or congestion can be a sign of poor air quality in your home.
—Camryn Rabideau, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
It is beautifully balanced in the mouth with flavors of toasted almonds, Anjou pear, and ripe peach.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2024
The flavors were familiar and comfortable together and also representative of the shoulder between winter and spring when citrus is still ripe, but plants are starting to flower and herbs are new again.
—Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2019
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Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019
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Only Wim's father and Fern's mother have received meaningful development, but this episode finds some time to underline how similar each parent is to their children... in their own, more mature ways.Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Vybz Kartel of now is more chill and more mature.Kyle Denis, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
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Which brings us back to the Knicks’ glaring issues: minutes, foul calls, and rotations.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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The captaincy tag had appeared to shake him from a foul mood that has festered as the series has worn on exacerbated by the youthful exuberance of brash upstart Sam Konstas, who has really gotten under his skin.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.National Geographic, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
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The prospect of a weaker board comes in the context of the urgent need to deal with huge issues facing MPS, especially after the rotten year the school system has had in 2024.Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
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Just avoid adding rotten food to bokashi or worm bin composters because mold can throw off the composting process in indoor composting systems.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2024
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This woman is just an awful, disgusting person in general.Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Regardless of who wins, social media will be abuzz with the postgame mayo shower, which is either good comedy or downright disgusting, depending on your tolerance for condiments getting poured on people.Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Aside this was a pool — five or six feet long and almost as wide — of what appeared to be the same fetid liquid, congealed.Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
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Sears does an excellent job with his role, capturing Johnny’s frenetic desperation to remain afloat in the clan’s fetid storm, but this critic, at least, wanted more for this character.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Each lawyer, then, in his or her own way, played a part in creating a caricature: Danny, the kid in a tough situation trying his best to do the right thing; Mr. Neely, that malodorous man with schizophrenia stoking passengers’ fears on the subway.Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Gary Oldman remains as delightful as ever as the malodorous but brilliant Jackson Lamb.Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Ripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripe. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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