apt

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Perhaps a more apt quote comes from T.S Eliot: In my beginning is my end.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

As England's players stood stark, separate and slumped - and Italy celebrated a first-ever win in the fixture - talk of a crisis, perhaps premature before, felt entirely apt.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

And the comparison to Bowie’s West German sojourn is apt: working with his producers, Styles has clearly immersed himself in the avant-garde, taking chances, and embracing idiosyncrasy.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

The adverb is apt because dividend-paying stocks have long struggled.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

However, where personal space is at a premium, tensions are apt to spike much more quickly than in a place where one’s battle cry reaches maybe ten neighbors instead of a hundred.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman