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Recent Examples of ready-made The case that Earth came ready-made with its own water production means isn’t quite a slam dunk. Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 Loading your audio article Sometimes in football, a program is ready-made for a new coach to come in and take over. Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025 Sometimes in football, a program is ready-made for a new coach to come in and take over. Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025 The result: a canvas ready-made for needlepoint, a craft that’s essentially paint-by-numbers for embroidery. Megan Sauer, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025 The challenges facing the Polar Security Cutter Program are ready-made for DOGE. Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 The offense should be ready-made for 2025 Riley proved himself this season, guiding a Clemson offense that improved from 98th nationally in yards per play (5.3) in 2023 to 28th (6.3) in 2024. Grace Raynor, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025 The language is now already written and could be inserted ready-made into a new bill. Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025 Whittingham’s program comes in ready-made to contend for Big 12 titles, starting with the return of two-time Pac-12 champion quarterback Cam Rising after missing all of last season. Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ready-made
Adjective
  • The chain said that refunds would be available to patrons who had pre-bought tickets.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 July 2022
  • Cineplex has also begun offering refunds to all customers that pre-bought tickets for upcoming film screenings.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2022
Adjective
  • The National Retail Federation expects U.S. online and non-store sales this year to grow as much as 23% from 2020, to roughly $1.13 trillion, the trade group said in June.
    Angus Loten, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2021
  • And online and other non-store sales are expected to increase between 10% and 12%.
    Ivana Pino, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2022

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“Ready-made.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ready-made. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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