appropriate
adjective
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc..
appropriated
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past participleof appropriate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof appropriate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
appropriateadjectivesuitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc..
Example Sentences
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In response to ProPublica questions, Loui said that money appropriated by Inouye made up “a minority” of Navatek’s revenue.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
After President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Congress renamed the center after him in 1964 and appropriated money to help finance its construction and core mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
“It was all appropriated guitar bodies which Lucien had then turned into wall sculpture by either painting or adorning them with bottle caps, glitter, tin foil, etc,” Powers wrote in Office Magazine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
To be sure, the president and the executive branch are charged with lawfully implementing congressional directives about the dispersal of appropriated funds.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Fame has seized her and appropriated her, name, barn, cows and all.”
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
