How to Use ready in a Sentence
- The car won't be ready until tomorrow.
- We got everything ready for the party before the guests arrived.
- I'll be ready in 10 minutes.
- Your prescription will be ready in about 20 minutes.
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Moretz is ready next door as well.
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Alexandra MacOn,
Vogue,
1 Sep. 2025
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Your voice is ready to be heard.
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Usa Today,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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What is ready to come to an end?
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Usa Today,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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Not all of them are flight-ready.
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Stephen J. Beard,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Take notes on what’s ready to change.
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Usa Today,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
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One team looked primed and ready to play.
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Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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That’s the goal, to be ready to play.
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Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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The dude is ready to play at all times.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Get your grill fired up and ready to go.
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John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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So please get ready for a choice of evils.
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Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
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Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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This spring-ready set has a bit of it all.
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Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Vikings must be ready for that.
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Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
1 Nov. 2025
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Is the world ready for a brown Bond?
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Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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King clasps his head, ready to shield his eyes if need be.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
26 May 2026
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No more talk—ready bills Day 1.
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Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Our guys were ready to answer the call.
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Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Oct. 2025
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Coulter is ready to do just that.
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Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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These spuds are ready to party.
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Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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Just be ready for the other shoe to drop.
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Ethan Beck,
Pitchfork,
9 June 2026
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What sectors stand ready to pick up the slack?
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Conor Sen,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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The beaver is almost ready in the desert.
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James Powel,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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No food in the kitchen ready for small stomachs.
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Most of the country seemed ready to move on.
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Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hold your mind strong and be ready for abundance.
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Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
31 Jan. 2026
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Ginn went out and was ready to complete the game.
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David Troy Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
- They readied the room for guests.
- We have to ready ourselves for a tough fight ahead.
- She readied herself to speak.
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Here’s how to ready them for the cold.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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Time to ready the kitchen sink, Coach.
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Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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But Apple still has time to ready its counter.
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Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
17 Dec. 2025
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Fall is the perfect time to ready these trees for dormancy.
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Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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There is a man who works there readying the breakfast buffet.
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Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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There is a man that works there readying the breakfast buffet.
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Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Feb. 2026
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Now the guitarist and singer is readying his third album.
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
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Plants come to life in the spring, readying to bloom, grow, and fill gardens with color.
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Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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Just ensure that the plant has time to ready itself before winter sets.
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Southern Living Editors,
Southern Living,
15 June 2023
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Very easy to ready and kept us interested in each story.
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Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Mitchells and the machines are readying for a rematch.
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Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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No wonder a spate of fashion brands are readying launches.
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Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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There’s a lounge area with day beds for those awaiting their appointment or readying for a swim.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Mar. 2026
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This is another good way to dry lavender to ready it for other uses.
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Elizabeth Waddington,
Treehugger,
23 Aug. 2023
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Jones' typical job was to ready the banquet rooms for whatever events were planned that day.
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cincinnati.com,
22 Aug. 2022
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They were ordered to undergo treatment to ready them to stand trial.
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Molly Parker,
ProPublica,
22 Dec. 2022
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To mark the event, jewelers in Britain have been readying new styles and creations.
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Eshe Nelson,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2023
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Work continues inside readying for its opening in a few months.
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New Atlas,
29 Dec. 2025
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As soon as the game was over, Young began to mentally ready himself for the playoffs.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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On the Sea is now readying for its world premiere in Edinburgh.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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With the holidays in sight, ’tis the season to ready your stocking stuffers and holiday decor.
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Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
28 Nov. 2025
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And if the government does not comply, the groups are readying legal action.
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Ed Silverman,
STAT,
17 May 2026
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When the car hits paved road and the basket stops dancing as much, the beetle, perhaps confused, readies her wings.
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María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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The cameras catch the women readying for their shoot with pinpoint precision.
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Daniel D'addario,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2023
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These are some of the materials that are readying us for the next chapter of the coronavirus saga.
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Apoorva Mandavilli,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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Balado paused, brushed back her hair as if to ready herself, and confronted the man as the camera panned to get him in view.
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Emily Palmer,
Peoplemag,
19 Sep. 2023
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The final week of the season will be a laboratory, readying the team for when the games count.
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Sports Columnist,
San Francisco Chronicle,
5 Apr. 2026
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