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An Air Force spokesperson said the 501st and other U.K.-based wings would remain vigilant and “will take appropriate actions to ensure the safety and security of our U.S. service members, civilians, contractors, and their families.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

With the grand prix brought forward 24 hours from the usual Sunday slot, it was an appropriate result for a man whose prowess in qualifying has earned him the nickname 'Mr Saturday'.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

“AB 2344 will streamline that transfer process, providing a tool for courts and shelters to help animals receive earlier transfers into appropriate care.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Anyone who came was welcome to receive an amount appropriate to the size of their household, but the adult representative first had to attend a half-hour seminar covering cooking and money-saving tips.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

He leaned forward and hung on every word, reacting at appropriate intervals with astonishment, sympathy, dismay.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The recently enacted budget appropriates money for detention facilities, but it doesn’t require children to be detained.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2025

Reed included the language in a dedicated subsection of the Senate report accompanying the bill, which appropriates the money that funds the activities of the State Department among other priorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

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

Custom appropriates the term of civil war to every war between the members of one and the same political society.

From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. Warburton

“It was all appropriated guitar bodies which Lucien had then turned into wall sculpture by either painting or adorning them with bottle caps, glitter, tin foil, etc,” Powers wrote in Office Magazine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

To be sure, the president and the executive branch are charged with lawfully implementing congressional directives about the dispersal of appropriated funds.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Every dollar appropriated, he added, would be used to build the "lethality" of US military forces and "reinforce peace through strength".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The funds for the sculpture were appropriated by Congress, and lawmakers declared it complete in 1941 shortly after his death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

It is KT rather than CT because C had already been appropriated for Cambrian.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

I thought this costume was funny, clever, appropriating and reclaiming the narrative that haunted me all my life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 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

Liu pushed back against the entrepreneurs, accusing them of appropriating the Taiwanese drink, known as boba or bubble tea, which has became popular around the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024

Kether, who was keen on appropriating that technology, too, said sagely, “If anything’s certain, it’s that nothing’s certain.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor