appropriateness
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In effect, this creates a public, verified record of historic property requests and allows city residents to file for Certificates of Appropriateness to modify these properties through the web.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2022
Appropriateness would seem to factor as well—“Walking on Sunshine,” for instance, might be a bad choice for a funeral home—though the research is scarce.
From Slate • Sep. 8, 2014
Special or Local Appropriateness; and he deals with each successively.
From How to Form a Library, 2nd ed by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
Appropriateness and simplicity, however, show better taste than the extraordinary vagaries in which some indulge.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.
Appropriateness for the discipline of the faculties, or the equipment of the mind for scientific or philosophical investigation, might not be appreciated as practical considerations at all.
From The Education of American Girls by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
Vocabulary lists containing appropriateness
Words with 15 or More Letters, List 2
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