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Recent Examples of unripe How To Tell If an Avocado Is Ripe Eat avocados when ripe, not unripe or overripe. Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2025 The female bores into the fig to lay its eggs, which hatch out as larvae inside the fruit and eat the unripe insides before burrowing their way out. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025 When prepared the right way, this unripe variety has the potential to be just as delicious as other tomato dishes. Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 9 July 2025 One study showed that, per 100-gram serving, unripe bananas contain 18 grams of fiber, ripe bananas contain 4-5 grams, and overripe bananas contain only 2 grams. Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unripe
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Adjective
  • Commenting on Taiwan’s possible nuclear options, Jusen Asuka, a professor at Tohoku University and chair of the session in the conference, cautioned that SMRs remain immature and costly, and investing heavily in them could slow renewable energy development.
    Yu-Tzu Chiu, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In some cases, these are labelled as muscular injuries but Monasterio warns players at these ages are still skeletally immature in these regions.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • By the way, Valera wasn’t the only inexperienced Guardian to make a pivotal play.
    Levi Weaver, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Fleck said that type of at-the-line adjustment is atypical for such an inexperienced player; Lindsey was making only his fourth collegiate start.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • According to Andrea Lunn, an integrative child and adolescent psychotherapeutic counsellor, Haines's experience reflects how attachment works in practice.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But ever since Wembanyama was an adolescent, he has been locked in a battle against history and time.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Pathways for young English players are increasingly threatened, even in the post-Brexit era, where recruitment of academy footballers from abroad is restricted.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Jones first rose to prominence during his time as a standout at Syracuse University alongside his younger brother, fellow former NFL star Chandler Jones, from 2006 to 2009, before going on to get drafted in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025

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