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[fit] / fɪt /








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April Bradley recently bristled at having to pay $7.95 to return a pair of Lane Bryant jeans she had purchased online that didn’t fit.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

GE Aerospace bought a casting company that could have fit nicely with SpaceX.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

“Popular culture … and high culture … aren’t antagonistic to each other. They fit together somehow. They belong to different aspects of the same tradition,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Wright, an American architect known for his innovative designs such as Fallingwater in Mill Run, PA, and the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan, designed homes that fit into their surroundings.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

As soon as it fit, the stone turned into a wooden door with fat iron hinges and a door handle.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

As I got fitter after my cancer treatment ended doctors gradually reduced my heart medication dosages, but I was still having side effects like a low heart rate and fatigue.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The people included in the study may have been healthier and fitter than the general population.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Plus, it’s a measure of progress—the fitter I get, the easier my heart works.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

While Knight played a series of sweeps and reverses, Capsey, who looks fitter and more composed in 2026, targeted the straight boundaries with power.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

Hazel’s leg was stronger and Bigwig felt fitter than at any time since he went into Efrafa.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The movie projects contempt for the dense from its first frame, sharing a montage of recent pop culture as a stentorian narrator worries that modern conveniences have perverted the concept of survival of the fittest.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

So far, Whoop has focused its marketing efforts on positioning itself as an aspirational brand worn by some of the fittest people in the world in the most rarefied spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

In the meantime, it will be survival of the fittest drivers.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2026

Ilione has added both muscle and mindset in recent months, however, telling BBC Radio Leicester last week that he is the "strongest and fittest" he has ever been.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2025

Even the fittest of us were flagging now, and soon the hollows would catch up to us and we’d have to face them in the middle of the street.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

But because of the rapid pace of the modifications, the Qatari jet was reportedly not fitted with anti-missile security systems.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

By the late 1970s, one in two Greenlandic women of childbearing age -- at least 4,070 women -- had been fitted with an IUD, according to an investigation presented in September 2025.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

An investigation found that Boeing had improperly fitted the outsourced fuselage and door plug parts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Bell recommends renter-friendly products such as stick-on tiles for the kitchen, suction storage products in the bathroom and expandable blinds that can be fitted without drilling.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

A woman stands on the platform in a very fitted costume covered in black-and-silver swirls.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The project served as the final chapter in Cameron’s own extensive renovation of the home—and was particularly fitting given his growing career in real estate.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

“It’s fitting that he died on Labor Day weekend, ... a weekend to give homage to workers,” his son, Jonathan Julio Jourdane, said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

We intended to be observers, mostly—ready to ride, skeptical about fitting into a party ride.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

There’s no more fitting description of a documentary that’s cobbled together from the dying gasps of ’90s fashion culture, when glamor and mischief reigned supreme.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

Peter imagined him walking to his rusty blue Chevy, fitting the key into the ignition.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker




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