ripen
Example Sentences
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And like every such show, it can be expected to ripen with age, if age comes.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
It makes our bananas ripen very fast and go to waste,” Ms Nkhana says.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024
The durians are also less likely to ripen too quickly — and emit more odor — in the cooler night temperatures.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024
It places cognitive demands on animals who must find fruiting trees and remember when they ripen.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
Alar was a chemical conventional grow-ers sprayed on apples to help them ripen.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 1
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