ripeness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripeness
Noun
  • Those that wait for AI maturity risk losing ground as industries evolve and competitors leverage AI to enhance decision making, efficiency and growth.
    Leslie Lee, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Shough will turn 26 in September and was in the same recruiting class as Trevor Lawrence, who’s about to enter his fifth NFL season — so maturity shouldn’t be an issue.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Kamin urged women in midlife to heed these warnings and keep artificial sweetener consumption to a minimum.
    Carmen Rios, Flow Space, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Schroeder, a tech content strategist based in Phoenix, Arizona, wrote about her struggles on her blog, which became The Midst, a health and wellness platform for women in midlife.
    Erica Sweeney, SELF, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Where other hobbies may be difficult to pick up in middle age, comedy, with its low entrance fee and ubiquitous nature, is an inherently accessible art form.
    Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Remarkably, this is the same number of days between reaching legal drinking age and crossing into middle age.
    Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While most debates, especially online, aren't so clear cut, the majority agrees that even the most skilled men are no match for a gorilla.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Cast at center the majority of his career, the 3-pointer largely was novelty, as can be the case with many centers.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Perennial June-bearing strawberries are typically fertilized once a year in late summer to early autumn, while annual day-neutral strawberries are fertilized at six-week intervals from mid-summer to early fall.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Seeds are eaten by songbirds in autumn, when foliage takes on gleaming red and purple hues.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Ripeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripeness. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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