appropriate
adjective
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc..
will appropriate
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future tenseof appropriate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Someone will write an op-ed about peaceful uses of space, everyone will nod seriously, and then Congress will appropriate another $10 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2025
Moving forward, prospects that policymakers will appropriate significantly more to bolster elections seem uncertain at best.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2022
In the same way a sad joke often speaks to the truth, the biggest challenge that Plague Inc.’s development team will face is giving its in-game anti-vaxxer will appropriate weight.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2019
“This isn’t someone who will appropriate a culture or who is just interested in the fashion or the stereotypical clichés of living in L.A.,” she said of Bourdain’s interest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2018
The little child will appropriate all the candy, and give none to his playmate.
From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts
