ripe age
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Pop star Grimes, 37, posted on X that she was the ripe age of 92, even though her top two songs were from pop star Addison Rae.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
At his ripe age, there are few peers with his longevity and fewer still with his 50-plus years of political experience, which is to say the standing to order him around.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
It’s certainly still possible to contribute to a Roth account at the ripe age of 35.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2023
At the ripe age of 15, Sawayama walked into her kitchen one morning and announced she was done having puberty.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
Consider a resident of Berlin, born in 1900 and living to the ripe age of one hundred.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
