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ready-made

[red-ee-meyd] / ˈrɛd iˈmeɪd /
ADJECTIVE
prepared
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Use ready-made powerhouses Miso, canned beans, coconut cream, good stock: ingredients that arrive already carrying flavor.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Over time, more bees followed, using these natural cavities inside fossilized bones as ready-made nesting sites.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

If he couldn’t buy DeepMind and acquire a ready-made team, Zuckerberg wanted a famous professor to assemble an AI squad for him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Since our grief is less of a ready-made commodity lately, we can reorient it around ourselves, a little safer and more sovereign from the gnawing public gaze.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Times were changing and the ready-made dress was becoming popular.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck