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Recent Examples of befit
That four-bedroom had undergone a beachy renovation, befitting of its locale on Belvedere Island.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 July 2025
Jamil Zaki’s public persona was people pleasing and positive, as befitted a Stanford psychology professor and researcher of social connection, empathy, and trust.
—Stav Ziv, CNBC, 24 June 2025
As befitting a company that measures its market cap in trillion-dollar increments ($3.1 trillion as of June 2), Apple’s bar for success is high.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 June 2025
Advertisement What Fellowes can’t countenance are privileged people who lack the magnanimity befitting their rank and, most of all, servants who are insufficiently grateful to their benevolent employers.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 June 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 July 2025
Jamil Zaki’s public persona was people pleasing and positive, as befitted a Stanford psychology professor and researcher of social connection, empathy, and trust.
—Stav Ziv, CNBC, 24 June 2025
As befitting a company that measures its market cap in trillion-dollar increments ($3.1 trillion as of June 2), Apple’s bar for success is high.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 June 2025
Advertisement What Fellowes can’t countenance are privileged people who lack the magnanimity befitting their rank and, most of all, servants who are insufficiently grateful to their benevolent employers.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for befit
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Quarterly price adjustments will no longer suffice, particularly in this era of unpredictable and sudden tariff changes and dynamic pricing services.—
Rochelle Thielen,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Instead of turning seven surrounding acres into a private golf course, for example, a run-of-the-mill, subsurface stormwater tank would have sufficed to meet stipulations that new developments cannot intensify flooding on neighboring properties.—
Denise Hruby
Updated July 13,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
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Mullins, and his high energy, will fit nicely in the Mets’ clubhouse.—
Jim Bowden,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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For Washington, the Saudi-French diplomatic initiative fits within American strategic interests and offers a route out of perpetual conflict.—
Faisal J. Abbas,
semafor.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The Union has several restaurants signed, including those serving Mexican, Japanese and Thai food.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
30 July 2025
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Election issues drove McGarr supporters McGarr, a pesticide company manager from Marana, served one term as a state lawmaker in Legislative District 17, which includes part of Tucson and the greater Tucson area.—
Ray Stern,
AZCentral.com,
30 July 2025
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The Great Lakes freighter sank — one of the largest on Lake Superior ever to do so — during a violent November storm in 1975 while carrying Minnesota ore.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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That means do not connect to free airport networks as most of us do.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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From color damage and bleach to breakage from years of heat styling, this is suited to treat all of your concerns.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
28 July 2025
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At six team meetings, the other half of the study’s participants learned about brain health and were encouraged to select lifestyle changes that best suited their schedules.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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