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[fit] / fɪt /








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Refusing to stop at investigating her characters alone, she’s interested in humanity as a whole, and where those roles fit into how our species operates.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

If you’re looking for entertainment to fit the spooky season, these are some of the best frightfests of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Beth Pinsker wrote about how most people like the idea of guaranteed income, but might not consider the best investments to fit that need.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

In some ways, Las Vegas is a funny fit for the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, who’s been transforming pain into music since her 1992 debut, “What’s the 411?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The potatoes were small to begin with and when I was finished the pile would fit in Patch’s cap.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

He is still playing the same way, but to me he looks fitter and stronger than before.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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

One day she relented, and we set forth from the castle in a fitter enclosed by curtains and borne by servants.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

As Brad Pitt said in “Fight Club,” it’s about “survival of the fittest, baby.”

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Young people who end up playing in the NFL are, by definition, by far the fittest and strongest in their schools and colleges.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

McCullum said he is in "total agreement" with Root and that he wants his white-ball side to be the "fittest, strongest, most dynamic, most robust cricket team in the world".

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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

“Um, with polar bears, it’s not survival of the fittest but survival of the fattest,” Owen told him.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

At 16 weeks, the team assessed their energy expenditure using a flow-through metabolic chamber fitted to the treadmill.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Robert Wun’s sparkly, inky designs, initially fitted with umbrella-like headwear, enliven the dance as it goes along its uneventful way; Ms. Archibald’s background in hip-hop, as well as classical dance, wasn’t much in evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Halzen led the development of IceCube at the South Pole, which uses a cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice fitted with light sensors to detect particles called neutrinos.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“But of course, that’s always in the back of your head when you get fitted for a tux.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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 connection is particularly fitting because the snail is extremely sensitive to light.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Against this backdrop, the world premiere of Maxim Kolomiiets’s opera “The Mothers of Kherson” seemed fitting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

But fitting dozens of motors and sensors into a human-shaped metal frame is a complex and expensive engineering challenge.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

This just feels like two parts that are fitting together beautifully to create something bigger than the both of us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The rest of the room was filled with clothing racks, fitting platforms, and more tables.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu


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