befitting
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In March, Fifa president Gianni Infantino said the show "will be a historic moment for the Fifa World Cup, befitting the biggest sporting event in the world".
From BBC • May 14, 2026
“The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” Paul McCartney’s twenty-seventh post-Beatles studio album, is the portrait of an artist in his twilight, a rich assortment of storytelling and nostalgia befitting the world’s greatest living songwriter.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The mood is tense and uneasy, befitting a number about the precarious state of life on Earth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
The writing is terrifically funny and also grounded, anecdotes filled with slapstick but no punchlines, befitting a story that includes hookups, weddings, children, a funeral and an unknowable future.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
They’d found separate places to change clothes in the stable before heading into the market, and now he was wearing a plain brown kaftan instead of the white one befitting a servant of the temple.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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