appropriate
adjective
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc..
appropriator
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a word derived from
appropriate.
Example Sentences
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“I think it’s safe to conclude there will not be another reconciliation bill,” McConnell, the top defense appropriator in the Senate, said during a hearing this week.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
In her infamous Brisbane speech, Shriver hailed the novelist as cultural appropriator par excellence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
Representative Steny H. Hoyer, the veteran Maryland Democrat and senior appropriator, stood to challenge Ms. Boebert, who is in her second term.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
“We can in no way pass 11 bills in eight days,” said Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat appropriator, referring to the number of bills Congress would have to approve before Sept. 30.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
One of these—he had been told—was the property of his rich and wicked maternal uncle, the hated appropriator of his red-headed cousin's affections.
From Openings in the Old Trail by Bret Harte
