ripened
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Maintaining storage temperatures near 12°C may allow mangoes to be harvested earlier, transported over longer distances, and ripened closer to their final markets while minimizing spoilage and quality loss.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Bruce Nauman’s celebrated Conceptual art ripened during the decade he worked in Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025
"These events have ripened one of the most iconic and important companies in the UK for a takeover by foreign investors," he added.
From BBC • May 28, 2024
And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.
From New York Times • May 14, 2024
Crops in the ground were harvested as they ripened.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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