1
as in health
the condition of being sound in body
a gymnastics program promoting fitness and agility in school-aged children
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as in relevance
the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting
I have to question the fitness of wearing a bright red dress to a funeral
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Recent Examples of fitness
Harriet Sperling, who is understood to have split from her former husband, a fitness instructor, when Georgina was just two years old, was supported by her mother and three siblings.
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 6 June 2026
The players do the majority of their fitness testing on Saturday morning, and the top prospects do the bulk of their formal media on Friday afternoon, but already on Thursday, prospects were being shuttled around to do grip testing and other basic tests.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Accessibility The property is fully ADA-compliant, with accessible rooms and routes across the property, including to all restaurants, meeting spaces, the spa, fitness center, and business center.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Bigos converted the former downtown YMCA into Skyrec, a fitness facility exclusively dedicated to tenants of its Lowertown properties.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 6 June 2026
The players do the majority of their fitness testing on Saturday morning, and the top prospects do the bulk of their formal media on Friday afternoon, but already on Thursday, prospects were being shuttled around to do grip testing and other basic tests.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Accessibility The property is fully ADA-compliant, with accessible rooms and routes across the property, including to all restaurants, meeting spaces, the spa, fitness center, and business center.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Bigos converted the former downtown YMCA into Skyrec, a fitness facility exclusively dedicated to tenants of its Lowertown properties.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fitness
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Philadelphia declared a heat health emergency for Thursday and Friday, activating cooling centers, home visits by field teams, outreach to people experiencing homelessness and other services.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Plano’s health inspections function on a 100-point scale, where a score of 100 is considered perfect and a score of 70 is considered extremely poor.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
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Offers in this section are from affiliate partners and selected based on a combination of engagement, product relevance, compensation, and consistent availability.—
Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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Its enduring relevance is not for the better.—
Joobin Bekhrad,
Time,
10 June 2026
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Spa and wellness New for summer 2025 is Surrenne Riviera, the second Surrenne wellness concept after a successful debut at London's The Emory in 2024.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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There will be live performances, DJs, wellness programming, vendors, food, and community actvities.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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If the identifier appears, access is denied regardless of the token’s cryptographic validity.—
Ethan M. Stone,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Despite the immense power of these evaluations, judges, attorneys and researchers have spent decades questioning the validity of psychologists’ determinations in custody disputes.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2026
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That’s one of our city’s greatest strengths.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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Even in a less spectacular season at the tip of a City side which did not always play to his strengths, Haaland still found the net 38 times in 52 club appearances.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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With its high-performance materials, Prada has identified and sourced fabrics with thermal regulation, comfort, reliability and suitability for continuous wearing of the garment on missions.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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Additional testing by the University of Strathclyde confirmed the platform’s stability, structural performance, motion characteristics, and multi-platform connectivity under different sea conditions, supporting its suitability for long-term maritime operations.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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According to council members who supported the decision, concerns included the appropriateness of the program for children and its potential impact on attendance by some families.—
Jack Springgate,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Participants prioritized scientific and medical accuracy, clarity, ease of pronunciation, avoiding stigma, and cultural appropriateness.—
Melanie Cree,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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According to investigators, the survival benefit was observed regardless of a patient’s RAS mutation status, suggesting the treatment could have broad applicability across metastatic pancreatic cancer populations.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Playwright Mark Rosenblatt takes a leaf from the Peter Morgan playbook of using newsy real-life controversies with direct contemporary applicability to spark balanced drama.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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“Fitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fitness. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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