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apples

American  
[ap-uhlz] / ˈæp əlz /

adjective

Australian Slang.
  1. well or fine; under control.


apples British  
/ ˈæpəlz /

plural noun

  1. See apples and pears

  2. informal all is going well

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Domestic growers do worry, however, about cheap imports on items such as apples, which they believe could have dire impacts on local producers.

From Barron's

Chop the apples and pears into cubes and add them into the bowl.

From Salon

“Sylvia covers her apples with brown sugar,” Helen says, taking deep umbrage.

From The Wall Street Journal

Aunt Pretty told me that when she was growing up, the only dolls country girls had were made of rags, dried apples, or clothespins.

From Literature

They had eaten funnel cakes and candy apples and jawbreakers but had not yet sampled the ice cream.

From Literature