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

"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

“The way the fruit ripened, I was thankful. But it was just too much,” Cirone said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

There was a great deal of fruit that had ripened that day, but he found that he could think only of the bird and of how he would like to take the bird home.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith