apt

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Given its deep ties with the trend-setting US basketball and American football leagues, the NBA and NFL, it feels apt streetwear styles are included in this year's North American World Cup kit collections.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

A bear market takes its name from the way a bear attacks, swiping its paws downward, an apt image for falling prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The annual confab is one of the largest gatherings of cybersecurity professionals, and the timing of this year’s gathering proved particularly apt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Even with the World’s Fair just across the street, I doubted they were apt to discriminate between tourists and troublemakers in the heat of the moment.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros