ripeness

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Its tone suggests sumptuous ripeness from the top of its range to bottom.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Another prototype is an autonomous drone that uses vision algorithms to detect ripeness and grippers to pick the fruit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Tesco is trialling avocado ripeness scanners and fans of the fruit are divided over whether it is a shopping hack or if a squeeze test should suffice.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Because the strawberries have a short period of peak ripeness and freshness, bringing them from Japan to the States is a tricky ordeal.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

The moment she had put her foot on the step leading up to the porch, she saw her ripeness mellowing and rotting before a heap of red velvet scraps on a round oak table.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison