apt
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Mary is a bookworm who draws her apt conclusions about human behavior from written wisdom.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Apparently, if left to its own devices, OpenAI’s Codex coding agent is apt to repeatedly talk about goblins apropos of nothing.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
“Blue Heron” is an autobiographical project, but it’s more apt to call it a memoir.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
For a while its name is apt: As Hana explains, in the laws of feng shui, “yellow was the color of fortune. And fortune meant that money flowed to you.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“I’ve been with him on that road. He’s as apt to turn west here as to keep heading south.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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