as in ripe
fully grown or developed
before he became a full-blown literary sensation, he wrote articles for little journals that paid even littler money
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Recent Examples of full-blown
For job seekers, that precariousness has become full-blown.
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
But the companies say their transition to a full-blown, Uber-like taxi service will take time.
—WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
Rob Wile, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
But the companies say their transition to a full-blown, Uber-like taxi service will take time.
—WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for full-blown
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Spring brings ripe strawberries, while summer is filled with juicy peaches, and fall offers apples and pumpkins.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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Digital settler colonialism renders digital terrain as an extension of physical spaces ripe for colonization, relying on imperial sanction to target anti-colonial subjects and their supporters as enemies that must be neutralized by any means necessary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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One creator, who goes by @littlemisstippytoes on TikTok, said in a post that before tween media rose to prominence, preteens were either seen as early bloomers for looking more mature, or childish for looking their age.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Start with the largest, most mature stems.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Full-blown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/full-blown. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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