apples
Americanadjective
plural noun
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See apples and pears
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informal all is going well
Example Sentences
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The apple’s signature foamy texture means it is an easy bruiser and doesn’t store as well as other varieties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
Deah McGaughey, who also works on commercialization at WSU, said proposals for directing the apple’s commercialization are being evaluated.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023
Apple juice is also sometimes sweetened above-and-beyond the apple's natural, inherent sweetness, as well as including preservatives.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2022
Richards founded The Apostrophe Protection Society in 2001 to defend the "much abused punctuation mark", waging war against advertisements for "ladies fashions", or the much maligned grocer's apostrophe, used to sell apple's and pear's.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2019
“Yes, and as the apple’s fair outside finally shows its inner ruin, so evil thoughts in time corrupt a man’s features.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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