as in ripe
fully grown or developed
it was years before he became a full-fledged star
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Recent Examples of full-fledged
All the stuff, really, enough to make a bona-fide, honest-to-God, true-blue spoof feature, the kind made by a studio and with a budget and giant stars and a full-fledged theatrical release.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025
The platform lets anyone build a full-fledged app—no coding required.
—Alexandra Meier, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Today, a new generation of chefs is whipping up seasonally informed and culturally inflected variations, transforming the oddity into a full-fledged dessert genre.
—Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
The leap from there to full-fledged robotic surgeons is not so far-fetched.
—Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025
The platform lets anyone build a full-fledged app—no coding required.
—Alexandra Meier, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Today, a new generation of chefs is whipping up seasonally informed and culturally inflected variations, transforming the oddity into a full-fledged dessert genre.
—Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
The leap from there to full-fledged robotic surgeons is not so far-fetched.
—Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for full-fledged
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This fourth-generation farm is ripe for the picking—butterbeans, sunflowers, pumpkins, and more.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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The moment could be ripe for another look at gene-editing embryos that could be taken to term.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
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Breslow, on the other hand, barely touched a more mature farm system that appeared in many top 10 rankings and was listed first overall by Baseball America.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Aug. 2025
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Developers of the apartment complex could give the garden and the mature tree located on a swath of land at 110 Phoenetia Ave.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Full-fledged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/full-fledged. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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