ripe

By the end of Instacart’s fictional boot camp, the male recruits have learned to identify ripe bananas, read expiration dates and make sensible substitutions.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

In 2007, at the ripe age of 80, Mandell played a cantankerous, aging Nuremberg judge in a two-character production of “Trying.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

He said he thinks the AI industry faces “a different mission, and the legislation is not as ripe as it was in the crypto debate.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Now, half of all U.S. adults under 50 get their wellness advice from social media, and that is a ripe breeding ground for private companies to market to audiences.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The oats were ripe, and if they were not cut and in the shock before rain came, the crop would be lost.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

I spotted a box on the ground with rejected fruit, a little riper or blemished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is still unknown whether chimpanzees deliberately choose fruits with higher ethanol levels, which tend to be riper and richer in sugar that can ferment.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2025

In other words, apple growers and supermarkets began selling redder apples to convince consumers that redder meant riper and also, better.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023

After fermenting them like a white wine, with minimal skin contact, he blended in some saignée juice bled off from the riper red wines.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022

"Some wanted to smoke us out, but the big one said there was riper fruit upriver, and they made for the Mummer's Ford."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

The Justice Department has charged an Army special forces soldier, alleging that he used one of the world’s ripest insider-trading platforms to profit off of advance knowledge of a military operation.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026

Jaimin Rangwalla: What makes technology attractive is that it is one of the ripest areas for disruption.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

Armed with these tips, you can confidently select the ripest peaches and enjoy them in multiple ways.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Sloe gin also has a Christmas association because the berries are at their ripest in the autumn, and its “earthy warm flavor” suits the time of year, she adds.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2024

Today, I fed the chickens, gathered eggs, and plucked the ripest tomatoes before the birds got to them.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce