fittingly
Americanadverb
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The historic, reinstated, Blue Riband event of these Games got a fittingly elite winner.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The right-handed closer is scheduled to be activated Wednesday — fittingly, when 40,000 fans will receive an Díaz bobblehead — after missing three months because of right elbow surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“They call him Superman,” she says, to which Ruthye fittingly replies, “So you’re Superwoman, then?”
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
But one fund manager, who fittingly works for a firm named Patient Capital Management, is finding that a value approach to stock-picking can still work even in this momentum-driven market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
It seemed to them that Gandalf had never spoken so fair and fittingly to their lord.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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