apposite
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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
"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
Overnight, we heard the British national anthem, “God Save the Queen,” updated to reflect the kingdom’s new reality, its apposite monarch tweaked in the title, its pronouns abruptly swung back to the masculine.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022
Now Sewell was not aware how matters stood between her and his comrade, but he might have guessed what she was thinking, for his next remark was curiously apposite.
From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold
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