ripe age

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Pop star Grimes, 37, posted on X that she was the ripe age of 92, even though her top two songs were from pop star Addison Rae.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

I opened Sorella at the ripe age of 21 and didn't know the first thing about running a business so during those years I definitely learned a lot through its successes and failures.

From Salon • May 2, 2024

At the ripe age of 15, Sawayama walked into her kitchen one morning and announced she was done having puberty.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

“Now at the ripe age of 34, I’ve kind of brought it down,” Toliver said smiling.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2021

Consider a resident of Berlin, born in 1900 and living to the ripe age of one hundred.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari