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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
These markets are largely untapped and have amazing talent pools that are ripe for leveraging by small businesses in the U.S. and EU.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Sheila Kelliher spoke of the threat from unburned areas across the Greater L.A. area, with much of SLA and Ventura counties under red flag warnings through Wednesday, meaning conditions are ripe for fire spread.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Muffins Chop ripe star fruit and fold it into a muffin batter made with baking powder, flour, sugar, and eggs.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 13 Jan. 2025
Conventional wisdom says that the business is ripe for it, because there are too many services aimed at general audiences, and the landscape just keeps getting more confusing.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Sheila Kelliher spoke of the threat from unburned areas across the Greater L.A. area, with much of SLA and Ventura counties under red flag warnings through Wednesday, meaning conditions are ripe for fire spread.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Muffins Chop ripe star fruit and fold it into a muffin batter made with baking powder, flour, sugar, and eggs.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 13 Jan. 2025
Conventional wisdom says that the business is ripe for it, because there are too many services aimed at general audiences, and the landscape just keeps getting more confusing.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripe
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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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The dusty light pink is playful yet mature and can be found on appliances like hand mixers, toasters, and slow cookers.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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However, Lynch’s second film for De Laurentiis defined the contours of his mature style.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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Larsson promptly picked up his fourth foul 2:40 into the third quarter and finished with four points (one for five shooting) and five rebounds in 14 minutes.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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Christopher made up for 3-of-9 foul shooting by making 26 field goals to 19 for Westmont, which went 12-of-14 at the free-throw line.—
Glenn Reeves,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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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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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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Summary Flatulence that smells like rotten eggs is common and is caused by eating foods containing sulfur.—
Laura Dorwart,
Verywell Health,
15 Jan. 2025
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There is something rotten about it, and its been that way for a large sample size now.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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My TikTok really blew up somewhere between my videos taste-testing a really disgusting medication and my series about dating.—
Brooke Eby,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Billions Of Jellyfish Wash Up On Beach By Jess Thomson Science Reporter 1 A plague of bizarre and disgusting balls that have washed up along popular beaches in Australia have been found to contain fecal bacteria.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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His writing included warnings to distinguish between leeches: good (round and shiny) and bad (black or blue in color and found near fetid water).—
Megan Cassidy-Welch,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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During the previous effort, squalid and fetid camps grew on the border and were marred by gang violence.—
Colleen Long,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Public stations were expensive to maintain and quickly became dirty and malodorous.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Jan. 2025
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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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“Ripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripe. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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