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Recent Examples of befit
The girl group, known for their fashionable and trendy ensembles, have traded their glitzy stage costumes for casual looks, befitting a group of young women in a rare moment of rest.
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Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
If your wedding is set in an Uptown mansion or an Art Deco hotel, choose something befitting the glamour of the venue.
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Sarah Zendejas,
Vogue,
10 June 2026
No matter how much someone disagrees with recent decisions by the high court, threatening to subordinate judicial independence to the whims of a political party befits a banana republic.
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Washington Post Editorial Board,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
The celebration befit the suffering that came before.
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Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
If your wedding is set in an Uptown mansion or an Art Deco hotel, choose something befitting the glamour of the venue.
—
Sarah Zendejas,
Vogue,
10 June 2026
No matter how much someone disagrees with recent decisions by the high court, threatening to subordinate judicial independence to the whims of a political party befits a banana republic.
—
Washington Post Editorial Board,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
The celebration befit the suffering that came before.
—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for befit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for befit
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If time doesn’t allow for spa treatments, a morning swim in the indoor pool accompanied by a sauna and cold plunge in one of their two thermal suites might suffice.
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Nothing less than radical, out-of-the-box thinking will suffice given their current, suffocating, purgatorial scenario.
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For example, in 2011, the FDA warned parents, caregivers, and healthcare providers not to feed SimplyThick, a thickening gel, to premature infants fitting a particular profile.
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Surveillance pricing is when a company uses a customer’s private data to show them a cost fitted to them, instead of charging every customer the same rate.
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Later, Simpson served nine years in prison after being convicted on unrelated charges.
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After working in the steel mill himself, Stocklas quit and entered public life, eventually serving in the county council and as a district judge.
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With such a wide variety of different colors and patterns, these versatile Havaianas flip-flops are suited not just for the beach with swimsuits and coverups, but also with linen pants, longline denim shorts, and even summer dresses, proving that comfort is chic.
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Set in the hills of Joá, the west Rio neighborhood where the city rises into Atlantic forest and mountains, the roughly 6,000-square-meter (just shy of 65,000 square feet) property occupies terrain well suited to Burle Marx’s imagination.
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Smoke, salt, pepper and bark do the work.
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Mark Thompson does the costume and scenic design, with lighting by Howard Harrison.
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“Befit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/befit. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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