full-grown

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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

But how did the stone, which weighs about as much as a full-grown bison, end up in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

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

All in all, the researchers examined the vertebrae of 10 threshers, ranging from an embryo to full-grown adults over 13 feet long.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Why would a full-grown man place a foreign object into his mouth, especially if it was brown and discovered in a rarely used suitcase?

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris