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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
The outrage over the city’s new parking fees at Balboa Park seemed ripe for harnessing into an effort to repeal them.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
This is a shame, as a resort, especially one with a golf course, is ripe for great cinema to be made using it as a backdrop.
—Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Joey Bosa, Nick’s older brother, certainly seems ripe for a family reunion with the 49ers.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
Things were ripe for a revolt by the generation that came of age in the 1960s.
—Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
This is a shame, as a resort, especially one with a golf course, is ripe for great cinema to be made using it as a backdrop.
—Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Joey Bosa, Nick’s older brother, certainly seems ripe for a family reunion with the 49ers.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
Things were ripe for a revolt by the generation that came of age in the 1960s.
—Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripe
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Think of this as the matured version of the Kool-Aid dip-dye technique.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Their solution to a stinking run was, comically, to rely on less than 23 per cent of possession and pick Madrid off with a classy volley from Martin Satriano, below.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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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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Indeed, Sala is where the mature Myers Park crowd goes for after work hobnobbing, small bites and aperitifs.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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Netflix’s live-action One Piece is deep into production on Season 3, with the beloved Arabasta arc taking center stage, a wave of new casting locked in, and stars teasing a darker, more mature tone ahead.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Mascherano was then ejected in stoppage time after arguing a foul call against one of his players, earning a yellow card, then a second for continuing to protest.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2026
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Senior guard Berkely Schneider made 6 of 8 foul shots, including four in the final minute, to finish with 10 points.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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Boko Haram has since become stronger, with thousands of fighters and different factions, including the Islamic State West Africa Province, which is backed by the Islamic State group.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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That kind of political intrusion does not make families safer or stronger.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Many grapes become too rotted and are left to wither away.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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But it’s most often used in a more contemporary story as an ancestral home of an ancient, perhaps even rotten Establishment.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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False teeth had been used since Colonial years, with various attempts to replace rotten teeth that had been extracted to avoid illness.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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On the phone, Miranda admits she’s known for a week, but agrees that what Shinia did was disgusting.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
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The litter box was still disgusting.—
Jennifer Wolfgram,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Ripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripe. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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