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[uh-proh-pree-it, uh-proh-pree-ayt] / əˈproʊ pri ɪt, əˈproʊ priˌeɪt /






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Large amounts of vitamins such as niacin can be toxic and may cause harmful effects if they are taken without appropriate medical oversight.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The investigation involves state police and the country's security agency, it said, adding that an update would be "provided at the appropriate time".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Last month, administration officials said an announcement on TPS for Salvadorans would come “at the appropriate time” and that they would retain work authorization in the meantime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“I believe this review is entirely appropriate and necessary, and I look forward to doing everything I can to help determine exactly what occurred,” Strada said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

“You will need to find somewhere flat with easy terrain. That would be the most appropriate spot for Fly to attempt his first flight. Where you are right now is not a good place.”

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

The recently enacted budget appropriates money for detention facilities, but it doesn’t require children to be detained.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2025

Reed included the language in a dedicated subsection of the Senate report accompanying the bill, which appropriates the money that funds the activities of the State Department among other priorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

On the other hand, it allocates — or appropriates — money to carry out those policies.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

Among billions of dollars appropriated for semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research, the act appropriates $32.5 million to combat sex-based harassment in STEM.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 10, 2023

The radius appropriates, at its superior extremity, the coronoid process of the ulna.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer

To be sure, the president and the executive branch are charged with lawfully implementing congressional directives about the dispersal of appropriated funds.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Every dollar appropriated, he added, would be used to build the "lethality" of US military forces and "reinforce peace through strength".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

“There is no significant pool of federal grant money appropriated, so this threat has no teeth for any state. None of them are expecting any significant federal funds for elections,” Becker said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Conservative intellectuals in the U.S. appropriated Disraeli as an exemplar of temperament and principle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

When a departing Hollywood film crew forgot to pack its loudspeaker equipment, racetrackers appropriated the gear, fiddled with it, and soon fashioned the first race-calling public address system.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

In his appropriating the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, also created and officially named by Congress, the president obtained the National Symphony Orchestra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

To Palantir’s old guard, the FDE remains as deeply misunderstood as ever, despite its newfound fame — a role that rivals are culturally appropriating while ignoring the often grueling engineering process it entails.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026

The memo concluded that Congress still needs to pass “express language appropriating funds for back pay for furloughed employees, or such payments cannot be made.”

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2025

Liu pushed back against the entrepreneurs, accusing them of appropriating the Taiwanese drink, known as boba or bubble tea, which has became popular around the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024

The Owner had always believed that there was really only one Talent you needed in this world: The Talent for appropriating other peoples Talents.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff




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