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“I draft the requests, wait until it’s an appropriate point of the working day and send them out,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

“MLB worked cooperatively and in good faith to identify the appropriate bargaining unit and to respect the rights of the affected employees to decide whether to unionize,” the league said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Investors have focused on the financials of privately held AI companies given their importance in sustaining demand for chips as well as questions about whether their hefty AI spending will deliver appropriate returns.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

"Our intention throughout has been to provide appropriate support and assistance while remaining fair to all parties and limiting our comments to matters of which we have direct knowledge."

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

“But I don’t think it’s appropriate for you to contact strangers. No telling who your mother has been associating with. CPS will help us find her.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Tiki bars aren’t without criticism, having occasionally been attacked as escapist fantasy that appropriates Hawaiian or Polynesian iconography.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Imagine Congress appropriates billions of dollars for TSA upgrades.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025

On the other hand, it allocates — or appropriates — money to carry out those policies.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

Among billions of dollars appropriated for semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research, the act appropriates $32.5 million to combat sex-based harassment in STEM.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 10, 2023

This bright polished surface appropriates but a very small portion of the radiant heat.

From Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia by Lewis W. Leeds

Eliminating the grant funding would require cooperation from Congress, which has authorized and appropriated annual assistance through 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Shiranthi Rajapaksa has denied any wrongdoing and says the money has not been appropriated.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Journal also reported that the ads were paid for with taxpayer dollars that Congress appropriated to Homeland Security for Customs and Border Protection, an agency that regularly runs ads about immigration policies.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Congress authorized reconstruction after the British burned the White House during the War of 1812 and specifically appropriated money used to construct the original East and West Wings.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Originally destined for the lab’s finance department, enterprising researchers soon appropriated the machines for their own purposes.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

She’s also aware that some people are stealing and appropriating, using a coolness that they didn’t create as a costume of convenience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

To Palantir’s old guard, the FDE remains as deeply misunderstood as ever, despite its newfound fame — a role that rivals are culturally appropriating while ignoring the often grueling engineering process it entails.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026

The memo concluded that Congress still needs to pass “express language appropriating funds for back pay for furloughed employees, or such payments cannot be made.”

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2025

China-born Canadian actor Simu Liu, who appeared as the show’s “first celebrity Dragon,” took issue with the business, accusing the founders of culturally appropriating bubble tea.

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

By appropriating the language of genes and inheritance, entire systems of power and statehood were justified and reinforced.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee