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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
Sans an elite arm like Skubal, the playoffs are ripe for shorter starts and leaning into bullpen matchups — hence relief being such a priority for the Tigers.
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Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Foster said the area, with or without a stadium, is changing rapidly and is ripe for redevelopment.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
With endless agriculture and grasslands, the habitat is ripe for growing big bucks.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2025
Superstition Springs could get a refresh Another Mesa mall that could be ripe for a refresh, but likely not a full redevelopment, is Superstition Springs Center near Southern Avenue and Power Road.
—Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
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Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Foster said the area, with or without a stadium, is changing rapidly and is ripe for redevelopment.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
With endless agriculture and grasslands, the habitat is ripe for growing big bucks.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2025
Superstition Springs could get a refresh Another Mesa mall that could be ripe for a refresh, but likely not a full redevelopment, is Superstition Springs Center near Southern Avenue and Power Road.
—Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripe
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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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Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.—
Joanna Slater,
Washington Post,
16 Dec. 2019
Adjective
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But determining the best retinol for mature skin can be more of a challenge.—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
30 July 2025
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Given the rapid development of AI technology and its widespread use amongst high school students, admissions officers at top colleges are seeking applicants who engage with it in a thoughtful, critical, and mature manner.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The foul was upgraded to a flagrant foul penalty 2, resulting in an automatic ejection for Banks.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
21 July 2025
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The other is a red panda named Bad Rudi with a penchant for foul language.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
16 July 2025
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2023
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But today that moral arc is as twisted as a gnarled, rotten root, and God Bless America has been replaced by the mournful dirge of Taps.—
Marci Alborghetti,
Hartford Courant,
3 July 2025
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The odor comes from a toxic gas that’s colorless and smells like rotten eggs.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 July 2025
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This disgusting breach of civil rights against students will not stand.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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There are explosions, too, and lots of NSFW supe antics, like one unidentified supe hacking up a disgusting ball of...something from her throat that splatters on Kimiko's cheek.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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Their stories include the reasons that kept them from evacuating and then the harrowing odysseys that took some of them through fetid streets of flood waters, others to the nightmare that was the Superdome or the Convention Center, and still others across impassable bridges and freeways.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 July 2025
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That is now as pathetic to me as a fetid caveman’s toolmaking would be to a great thinker like da Vinci or even Edgar Allen Poe.—
Graham Techler,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2025
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Callery pear and Bradford pear trees are considered malodorous, according to the Spruce, a home and garden site.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Rue was considered the most malodorous of all herbs, was even thought to keep away evil spirits, and was spread on church floors for this purpose.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
12 June 2025
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“Ripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripe. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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