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

At 72, Uncle Thing wakes up at dawn every day and weaves around his hilly farm to collect ripened durians, either dangling from trees or nestling on nets close to the ground.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Bruce Nauman’s celebrated Conceptual art ripened during the decade he worked in Pasadena.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

She was supposed to reap the fruits of her labor, but instead, it was worry that ripened.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022

The rains came or they were withheld, the heat ripened the grain or blasted it with a scorching flame, the ears of com matured in golden beauty or they were infested by worms or blight.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt