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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
Wind gusts of up to 40 mph are forecast across the fire-danger zones, and relative humidity is expected to fall between 8% and 15%, meaning conditions are ripe for any new fires to rapidly spread.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
30 June 2026
On top of that, supporting developing fruit requires a lot of energy and moisture from plants, and leaving ripe fruit on plants too long can make plants more stressed and vulnerable to drying out.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2026
But the report did identify areas ripe for savings.
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Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
The 2019 has aromas of licorice, cassis, black raspberry, cedar, and mocha with silky tannins and flavors of sweet baking spices, ripe dark fruits, and a touch of dark chocolate in the finish.
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Mike Desimone,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
30 June 2026
On top of that, supporting developing fruit requires a lot of energy and moisture from plants, and leaving ripe fruit on plants too long can make plants more stressed and vulnerable to drying out.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2026
But the report did identify areas ripe for savings.
—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
The 2019 has aromas of licorice, cassis, black raspberry, cedar, and mocha with silky tannins and flavors of sweet baking spices, ripe dark fruits, and a touch of dark chocolate in the finish.
—
Mike Desimone,
Robb Report,
26 June 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.
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America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess.
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America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess.
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Our mature beauty testers are a fan of Round Lab new formula that softens and refines skin, all while offering sun protection.
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Within the Mag 7, Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet and Amazon have fallen roughly to two-month lows and the underperformance now looks mature, Newton said.
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Human remains were found in the chimney of a public school in Queens, New York, on Tuesday morning while officials were investigating a foul odor, according to police.
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While some of the Dutch pleaded for a foul, Gakpo raced in to score on the rebound.
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Projections varied in the weeks leading up to the draft with no real consensus among draft analysts, but in the last 24 hours there were strong indications the Clippers would choose Wagler and the Nets would take Brown.
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Your desire for solitude and introspection is strong during today’s Scorpio moon.
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Inspect fences and perform any repairs or maintenance, such as reinforcing posts or replacing rotted sections.
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Many grapes become too rotted and are left to wither away.
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To be fair, the DCEU, the preceding web of films, had nearly half of its movies land rotten scores.
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Big Red might be a braggart, a bully and rotten to the core, but Lasdun invokes Thomas De Quincey’s neat point about how a man’s capacity to rob says nothing about his propensity to murder.
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French broadcaster French Pierron was under fire for calling childbirth 'a disgusting moment.
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How to make the moment scary but watchable, disgusting but entrancing?
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“Ripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripe. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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