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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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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

As the Madoff case showed, a professional designation alone does not prevent bad apples.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Pears dropped to tenth place after outranking apples, blackberries and blueberries in 2025.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Akira filled the backpack with water bottles she found in the pantry, and dumped in the apples and bananas that sat in a fruit bowl on the counter.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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