apple-pie
adjective
ap·ple-pie
ˈa-pəl-ˈpī 
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Grande played his sweet-as-apple-pie wife, and Cher his boss, who unite at the lounge on Yang's character's tearful last day, after he's already issued some meta goodbyes to passengers played by Kenan Thompson and Jane Wickline.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
There’s an apple-pie baking contest, cute livestock and wandering entertainers, cheese-making and sheep-shearing demos and a panel discussion Saturday about protecting agricultural diversity, featuring Alice Waters and Albert Straus of Straus Family Creamery fame.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
The implication is that darkness lurks beneath apple-pie suburbia.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 July 2024
Enjoy apple-pie bourbon on the rocks or with sweet tea.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
There’s an apple-pie baking contest, cute livestock and wandering entertainers, cheese-making and sheep-shearing demos and a panel discussion Saturday about protecting agricultural diversity, featuring Alice Waters and Albert Straus of Straus Family Creamery fame.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
The implication is that darkness lurks beneath apple-pie suburbia.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 July 2024
Enjoy apple-pie bourbon on the rocks or with sweet tea.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Apple-pie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apple-pie. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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