appropriateness
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“Looking ahead, depending on the evolution of macroeconomic and financial conditions, the board will evaluate the appropriateness and timing for an additional reference rate cut,” the central bank said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The goal of SOS is to impose standards in the social media industry much like video game, music and television industries caters to independent rating systems that indicate the age appropriateness of content.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026
Some questioned the appropriateness of the LAPD’s relationship with security services from the Persian Gulf nation and other countries accused of human rights violations.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
He said it would give people more confidence in the "fairness and the comparative appropriateness of sentences within our system".
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
The title of rêveurs begins as a joke, but it sticks, secure in its appropriateness.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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