ripe
Example Sentences
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A specter is haunting the U.S. equity market, as seemingly every day a new AI feature sparks investor panic about fresh sectors that are ripe for disruption.
From MarketWatch
Leveling such large structures and building something new in their place often take years, leaving the malls vacant and ripe for abuse.
From Los Angeles Times
And Coogie had just spotted a mess of ripe watermelons on the hillside.
From Literature
An arborist knows when a tree is hurt, sick or ripe to cause trouble.
We packed our tools and any foodstuffs we’d harvested into the large straw farming baskets, along with ripe fruit from the farm to snack on, if there was any.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
