apropos of
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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
Its rigorous order and deep perspective, enhanced by the receding lines of ship masts and rail tracks along the expansive quay, address his motif in a style apropos of its modern subject.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
He also told me, apropos of conjectures about White House insider trading: “This particular kind of trading — hour by hour on tariff changes — doesn’t strike me as likely, but who knows?!”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025
Over and over again he kept bringing it up, apropos of nothing, as if on a loop.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2024
At one point, apropos of nothing, Vivian says, “So where is that mother of yours, anyway?”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
