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ripen

[rahy-puhn] / ˈraɪ pən /
VERB
mature
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VERB
grow
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And like every such show, it can be expected to ripen with age, if age comes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

It makes our bananas ripen very fast and go to waste,” Ms Nkhana says.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

Because Philip issued the ordinance at the end of July, vignerons would have to cut down their own harvest just as the grapes were beginning to ripen.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024

The durians are also less likely to ripen too quickly — and emit more odor — in the cooler night temperatures.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024

It might ripen into something better than it now was, or, unromantically, it might rot away in his pocket.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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