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apposite

[ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it] / ˈæp ə zɪt, əˈpɒz ɪt /
ADJECTIVE
pertinent
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Still, there is profit and occasional jollity in brisk recapitulations of seminal events by a fluent storyteller with an eye for telling detail and apposite quotation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

"Deterrence is particularly apposite in this case given the current state of affairs in Sudan," she said.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Depression had not previously been the subject of comedy, but it seemed appropriately apposite to a year of national self-celebration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

And an extremely apposite question from Brandon Conner, to round things off.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2021

Yet that it was eminently apposite is evident from the whole course of the subsequent discussions.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham


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