as in maturity
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripeness
Noun
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Gallegos recommends investors consider investment grade credits in the BBB class, between one and five years in terms of maturity (the average maturity is approximately three years), and where yields are near 5%.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
2 June 2025 -
He’s gained maturity and perspective by going through hell and back a couple times on the way to getting clean and sober; and he’s developed even more of both via fatherhood and, more recently, grandfatherhood.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Participants noted their coffee intake in midlife using a validated food-frequency questionnaire, and then aging outcomes were evaluated years later.—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
4 June 2025
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Women in midlife consumed an average of about 315 mg of caffeine per day, which amounts to around three small cups of coffee or one and a half large cups by today's standards.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Bates is pained to see teenagers (representing 12% of the city population), brazenly and without recompense, running around, destroying the lives of others, and also for those whose lives were cut short in middle age by said juveniles.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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Losing weight in middle age could set you up for a longer and healthier life, a new study found.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Absent majority opposition in either chamber, the reorganization plan will move forward.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
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Or suppose that a political crisis exposes the gap between government policy and the will of the majority of the Israeli public.—
Assaf Orion,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Cool-Season Grasses Early autumn is the ideal time to seed cool-season turfgrasses.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
12 June 2025
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The autumn harvest season is one of the best times to visit the Langhe Hills of Piedmont.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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“Ripeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripeness. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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