ripe

Example Sentences

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This is of course true; these arrangements had weakened over the last two decades and were ripe for supersession.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Brown-Forman has long been seen as ripe for a potential merger or acquisition, and it has attracted interest from other suitors in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Tomatoes, for example, grow in clusters, which means a robot must carefully select ripe fruit while leaving unripe ones untouched.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

These kind of back-end jobs in India are ripe for replacement with AI, Russell said.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Ma tossed her hoe onto a bunch of plantains in a farm basket as Mawuli came up behind her, balancing another basket on his head with ripe pawpaws at the top.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo