Thesaurus results for BEFITTED

befitted

verb

past tense of befit

as in suited

to be fitting or proper spoke politely of the deceased, as befitted the occasion

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Recent Examples of befitted The novelty, for her, of being in a relationship nowheresville befitted the album’s titular concept. — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026 Piker’s inclusion befitted an era in which independent creators dominate. — Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026 Parkinson was also rightly full of praise for Broadhead, whose all-round performance on Wednesday befitted his status as the club’s record signing. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2025 The pair, along with a live band, gave the song an intimate, psychedelic vibe that befitted its inspiration. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025

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No one device has to do everything; each plays the role it is best suited for, coordinated by a personal AI agent that understands the user’s context and acts only at the user’s direction.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
The Pentagon's inspector general has declined to investigate disruptions of Starlink and Starshield in Ukraine, writing in a letter to lawmakers who had requested a probe that his office is not best suited to deliver answers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

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Still, this particular ban didn’t need to go in the Constitution – a simple law would have sufficed or, better yet, allowing the CPW board to determine if these traps were too inhumane to allow.

— The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026
For players 20 and older, a full season in the AHL sufficed to accrue a professional season.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of sufficed

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The entire system is designed to fit on a standard 463L military cargo pallet, allowing it to be transported aboard military aircraft such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Toledano said the partners could have fit more units on the site but capped it at 35.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of fitted

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Lowndes, who has served as Maitland’s mayor since 2021 and is set to resign Tuesday, said soaring costs for property insurance are a big part of the affordability problem in housing.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Instead, the cursor task served as a test of the underlying control interface.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

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