appropriate

Example Sentences

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He called the ruling a “necessary and appropriate response to what is clearly an unprecedented situation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

He said the Home Office "made manifest errors", including failing to provide "appropriate and sufficient reasons to justify" awarding the contract to MTC.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

"The Jewish community will want to see a genuine remorse and change before believing that the appropriate place to test this sincerity is on the main stage at the Wireless Festival," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“We are advocating for more appropriate funding to ensure adequate access as well as the stability and sustainability of a program relied on by more than half of the seniors in this country.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“Brothers and sisters,” he began, “I prepared notes appropriate to a very depressed crowd. But I had a feeling from the moment I stepped into this room tonight that this is a celebration.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin