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ready

[red-ee] / ˈrɛd i /






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Not everyone is ready to join the app bandwagon just yet.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

These coins were supposed to be ready for July 4, but production delays at the U.S.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

"At the end, if you have a fully fit, healthy Conor Bradley, we are very happy, ready to go and we would not be asking ourselves these questions," explained the Spaniard.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

So is he getting the cellblock at Rikers Island ready for an incoming VIP?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

She twisted around as I pulled the door shut, her mouth parted, ready with questions.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

I feel I’m much readier for it this time.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2023

But Forsythe has given signs he may be readier to play than was commonly thought, performing admirably in pass-rush drills, in particular.

From Seattle Times Aug. 12, 2021

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

The horses will be taken in trailers to a corral in Modoc National Forest, where they’ll be readied for adoption.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

They also readied the committee for an economy that shifts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 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

Meredith had steamed and readied clothes for me, my mom, and the girls.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Politicians want to meet them, the media want to hire them -- content creators, seen as a key to reaching their young followers, are readying to be players in the 2027 presidential campaign.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 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

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is readying itself to act if Jefferies’ share prices presents an opportunity, the Financial Times reported.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

Even when he was supposed to be readying his watch.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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