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apples

American

[ap-uhlz] / ˈæp əlz /

adjective

Australian Slang.

well or fine; under control.

apples British

/ ˈæpəlz /

plural noun

See apples and pears
informal all is going well

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Tonight, the women are gathered in Anna Sokol’s kitchen, surrounding an oven-roasted duck stuffed with apples.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The company appended data taken from a different tabulation of losses that were oranges to our apples.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The boss of UK Biobank Professor Sir Rory Collins has said a "few bad apples" were behind the incident which saw medical data belonging to 500,000 participants listed for sale on a website in China.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“Some of these drugs act in different ways. It’s not like comparing apples to apples.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

“Those weren’t wolves. Those apples ate him from the inside out!”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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