as in ripe
fully grown or developed
a fully ripened musical talent
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as in grew
to become mature
pears ripening on the tree
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Recent Examples of ripened
Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
In the nose is pineapple and sun-ripened mango.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
These delicate fruits are picked before they're fully ripened, which means that the right storage methods are key to coax the best flavor and quality out of them.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
In the nose is pineapple and sun-ripened mango.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripened
Adjective
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Turns out, the ideal conditions for this particular orchid are also ripe for a woodpecker comeback.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
30 Oct. 2025
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Carlson said residents can eat the food grown at the garden after gardeners harvest the ripe fruits and vegetables and take it to a center on Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road and Sea Gull Way.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The situation grew more awkward between Stause and her newest colleague as the season went on.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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But as the calendar grew more crowded around the year-end holidays, studios started relying on off-peak months and began opening higher-profile films in October.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lobbying expenditures from firms linked to the Chinese PLA have intensified as deliberations in Congress have progressed surrounding the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual piece of legislation designed to fund America’s military and deal broadly with national security matters.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Oct. 2025
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But as the year progressed, confidence returned, driven in part by the power of these digitally native generations.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Logging throughout the Southeast took more than mature pines from the landscape.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
30 Oct. 2025
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This presents an untapped opportunity for African nations to monetize their mature forests and pristine wetlands, which are particularly prized for carbon capture.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Expanding free childcare Mamdani also plans to boost affordability by expanding no-cost childcare to all children aged six weeks to five years.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Extra añejo refers to tequila that has been aged for more than three years, and this new expression from the Last Drop far surpasses that.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Isla Marambio will be released as part of Cask World’s Continent Series, which will feature whisky matured on all eight continents (including Zealandia which is represented by New Zealand in this series).—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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As the company matured, Enzo Ferrari was fanatical about wanted to keep control of the product and its development, keeping as much in-house as was possible, even as Fiat became the company's majority shareholder.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The app was developed by Salk scientists as a research tool, and is used in Salk Institute studies.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Yet in the past three decades much of home-cooking culture has developed in revolt against what many see as Stewart’s punctilious ethos.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Ripened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripened. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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