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[red-ee] / ˈrɛd i /






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Her mother, she discovered, isn’t ready to move, but when she is, she would like an outdoor porch where she can read.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

And lots of people are ready to cash in.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

So much so she couldn't sleep properly the night before her ceremony and woke at dawn to get ready.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

I wasn't ready to announce it, and I knew I needed some time to really decide, but I was pretty sure I played my last game.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Getting ready had taken no time at all.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Depending on the expertise and equipment at a given location, however, many patients in Germany currently have readier access to CSF analysis than to amyloid PET.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2024

For instance, clinical malaria is known to exhaust T cells, he says, and vaccination, by preventing infection, might therefore leave T cells readier to combat other pathogens.

From Science Magazine Oct. 23, 2023

So six years ago she moved to Oregon, where she had readier access to the gender-affirming health care she needed to live as her authentic self.

From Seattle Times Apr. 25, 2023

I’m readier than I might have been in 2021, when “Sweatshop Overlord” had its premiere at New York Theatre Workshop, to collectively process the recent traumatic cascade.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2023

It has always struck me that were newspapers better able to see the virtue of this figure, they’d be readier to print apologies.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Moore might not just be the best high school quarterback in the nation but also the readiest for the college game.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 20, 2022

Reid has been with the Seahawks the longest, playing in the final preseason game, and Carroll said he is the readiest to contribute as a result.

From Seattle Times Sep. 10, 2021

The readiest way to make sense of him—and to hold at arm's length the pathology that overshadowed and overpowered and informed his genius—is to approach him as some kind of martyr.

From Slate Nov. 6, 2013

Our dialects are often the weapon readiest to hand in that fight.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2012

His first proposition and request, that the dance begun at Mr. Cole’s should be finished there—that the same party should be collected, and the same musician engaged, met with the readiest acquiescence.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

A female quartet readied to play mariachi standards as Anamaria greeted well wishers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Behind the scenes, Nasdaq has readied a cozy stable for unicorns to go public on its exchange rather than the NYSE.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

Preston was given chest compressions and oxygen, while other medics rushed to help and specialist equipment readied.

From BBC May 5, 2026

Luna then coordinated with Leger Fernández, who had readied an expulsion resolution against Gonzales, to force out the pair almost simultaneously.

From Slate Apr. 16, 2026

Before Westley could answer, Inigo cried out and readied his sword.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

He also encouraged landowners and land managers to take precautionary measures including the readying of specialist fire equipment.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

California’s approach is to push forward with offshore wind preparations that fall within its jurisdiction, readying the ports and the power grid to eventually take on electricity from 1,000 turbines in federal waters.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2026

Troops are now readying for the challenges that the scorching summer might bring, but any worries over their families without heat and light in civilian cities have dissipated.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

Leading into the Masters, Rose made a schedule switch, dropping his original plan to play last week's Texas Open to concentrate on readying himself for the demands of Augusta.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2026

Thomas pulled up short, readying himself for a fight.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner




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