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apposite

[ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it] / ˈæp ə zɪt, əˈpɒz ɪt /
ADJECTIVE
pertinent
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This is not part of the sound design—it’s the clock in the store—but feels oddly apposite in ways both good and bad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

On guitar, she played a mash-up of A Place In This World, from her debut album, and 1989's New Romantics, with the apposite lyric: "Heartbreak is the national anthem / We sing it proudly."

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024

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

Had Mr. Allnutt been present he would have made an apposite reference to the Old Obadiah and the Young Obadiah.

From A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay


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