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[apt] / æpt /




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So far, Plaid has seen the most traction among fintech lenders who are more apt to try new technologies, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In retrospect, Robert Freeman’s autumnal, artfully distorted photograph was an entirely apt image for a worldlier, darker, more grown-up Beatles record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

By choosing “what we are, what we create and what we do,” as Feiler says, we’re more apt to serve as our own director, rather than letting external factors direct us.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

And many fans will find it entirely apt.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

If she didn’t tend to the house, she was apt to find clothes, shoes, open rice bags, cans of beans, and dirty dishes strewn about everywhere.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini


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