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aptly

[apt-lee] / ˈæpt li /










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On to Friday's mission, as the dwindling group arrived in a "field of screams", as presenter Claudia Winkleman aptly put it, full of scary-looking scarecrows.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

These aptly named helpers are dignified, reverent and attentive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The so-called Silicon Prairie is hope to several semiconductor companies, not just the aptly named Texas Instruments but also Coherent, Samsung and Tesla.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

In part, however, it is being led by the film that most aptly symbolizes Zaslav’s failures.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Anya struggled to find a word that aptly described him now.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack


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