beseem

archaic
as in to suffice
to be fitting or proper ordered his servants to deck the hall with such adornments as might beseem for the holidays

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Verb
  • While some local judges applied the supermajority standard, others declared that simple majority votes suffice.
    Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
  • While some local judges applied the supermajority standard, others declared that simple majority votes suffice.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Five times in these league championship series, the home fans have shown up and done their thing.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But some residents in Altadena whose homes were destroyed feel the utility company should have done more to protect them.
    Chiara Eisner, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While each leader will act in ways befitting their unique situation, there are at least four common ingredients for success.
    Carolyn Dewar, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Produced before the rigid censorship of Hollywood’s Hays Code, The Old Dark House is much more explicit than horror films in the years to follow, dripping with provocations and innuendos, with a daring sensibility befitting a director whose own personal life flew in the face of convention.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Anglers who want to keep their catch fresh on a long drive home are better served to cover fish in a dry livewell with ice.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The tribute also noted that Funkhouser served in Iraq as a member of the Virginia Army National Guard.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Game 3’s mid-afternoon start time suited TV but made things even more difficult for hitters as shadows passed in front of the plate, eventually to the outfield.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers say the material can even be integrated with rigid robotic parts to create hybrid machines suited for complex, high-stress environments.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • The Wyatt Sicks' members look like they were made for Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, with creepy masks and imposing frames that would fit any haunted house.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The most popular cocktail smoking guns come with a dome to fit over the beverage being smoked.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Beseem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beseem. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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