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The 2000 Olympics venue in Sydney is ready and waiting as a backup – though that would be unconscionable for Queenslanders.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The San Francisco-based company will be ready for an IPO once annual revenue exceeds $1 billion, Xu said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The US military honor guard has been rehearsing and the new White House helipad is ready.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Every defeat was taken on the chin, and accepted, but the lads were always ready to go, again and again.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“I’m ready for an update—whenever you are,” she says.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Depending on the expertise and equipment at a given location, however, many patients in Germany currently have readier access to CSF analysis than to amyloid PET.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
For instance, clinical malaria is known to exhaust T cells, he says, and vaccination, by preventing infection, might therefore leave T cells readier to combat other pathogens.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 23, 2023
But Forsythe has given signs he may be readier to play than was commonly thought, performing admirably in pass-rush drills, in particular.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
Mr. Welser-Möst drew real intimacy from the violins, though long singing lines don’t come naturally to this ensemble, which always seems readier to grimace than smile.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2020
The antelope were more wary, the birds readier to take flight.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Moore might not just be the best high school quarterback in the nation but also the readiest for the college game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Reid has been with the Seahawks the longest, playing in the final preseason game, and Carroll said he is the readiest to contribute as a result.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
The readiest way to make sense of him—and to hold at arm's length the pathology that overshadowed and overpowered and informed his genius—is to approach him as some kind of martyr.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2013
Our dialects are often the weapon readiest to hand in that fight.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2012
His first proposition and request, that the dance begun at Mr. Cole’s should be finished there—that the same party should be collected, and the same musician engaged, met with the readiest acquiescence.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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With that cleared up, Parton readied her rhinestone mic-drop: “I just know if I have to pee, I’m gon’ pee.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
The horses will be taken in trailers to a corral in Modoc National Forest, where they’ll be readied for adoption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
They also readied the committee for an economy that shifts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
On the beach in Gaza City, the trio laid out their boards on the sand while they warmed up their limbs and readied their gear.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Meredith had steamed and readied clothes for me, my mom, and the girls.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are both readying their tokenization platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
He also encouraged landowners and land managers to take precautionary measures including the readying of specialist fire equipment.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
When the company was readying Yahoo Scout, its AI assistant, she tested early versions of the product alongside the team and gave feedback on its answers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Politicians want to meet them, the media want to hire them -- content creators, seen as a key to reaching their young followers, are readying to be players in the 2027 presidential campaign.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
I took a deep breath, readying myself to tell Momma the whole truth, when someone cleared their throat.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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