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ready-made

[red-ee-meyd] / ˈrɛd iˈmeɪd /
ADJECTIVE
prepared
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"People like convenience, ready-made meals and they'll buy a pizza which is on offer and not think 'oh we could do that from scratch'."

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Hild and Skinner had come to the session with a ready-made fix: a set of pre-written bills and plenty of funding.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

Over time, more bees followed, using these natural cavities inside fossilized bones as ready-made nesting sites.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

For managers handing out pink slips, technology offers a ready-made breakup line: “It’s not you; it’s AI.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

This was the first time in almost seven years that Zooey had, in the ready-made dramatic idiom, “set foot” in Seymour’s and Buddy’s old room.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger




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