full-grown
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Although smaller than an adult T. rex, it was still a full-grown animal that lived in a far more diverse Late Cretaceous ecosystem than previously thought.
From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025
Consider, then, taking in a mammal that can fell a tree, chew through wire, weighs 30 to 60 pounds full-grown, loves to wrestle, needs to swim and can only defecate in water.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
His sister, Elaine, a child when he left “was already a full-grown woman.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025
Now — Feb. 5 King Conservation District’s Annual Bareroot Sale Note: ordering bareroot plants is significantly cheaper than full-grown plants, and these are available online.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024
The lesser rings were only essays in the craft before it was full-grown, and to the Elven-smiths they were but trifles — yet still to my mind dangerous for mortals.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
