apt
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The ability to make something happen is an apt way to describe Shaffelburg’s entire athletic career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Your property taxes, insurance, maintenance and other expenses are apt to rise over time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Grant said it was an apt name because his company aimed to rebuild a metals supply chain for America with a smelter planned for Arkansas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The headline of the Guardian gives an apt summary: "Burnham steps in to order review in row over early prison release".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
He did not begin his hunt along Hancock’s Wharf and Fish Street, where he and his story were well known and the masters would have been apt to employ him from pity.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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