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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
For three months, the participants did treadmill workouts twice a week, gradually building up their fitness.
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Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Krystal Wilkinson, a British human resource management professor, has written about finding that children and child care are considered far more legitimate reasons for placing boundaries on work than engaging in hobbies, fitness or dating.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026
In contrast, Gen X's growth in fitness was roughly 4%.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Snake Creek Trail is your path to fitness and local flavor during World Cup 2026 in Miami Gardens.
—Taylor Haught, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
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Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Krystal Wilkinson, a British human resource management professor, has written about finding that children and child care are considered far more legitimate reasons for placing boundaries on work than engaging in hobbies, fitness or dating.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026
In contrast, Gen X's growth in fitness was roughly 4%.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Snake Creek Trail is your path to fitness and local flavor during World Cup 2026 in Miami Gardens.
—Taylor Haught, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fitness
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Hughes has more than 25 years of experience, including leadership roles, with the YMCA and has focused on supporting health and youth innovations, a museum news release said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Yet when the researchers blocked key proteins involved in dendritic growth, the improvements disappeared—a suggestion that the drug’s mental-health effects might depend on the growth.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Drone defense technology NUBURU views the early engagement as an important validation of the technology’s operational relevance and market interest.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, baseball in Cuba has steadily deteriorated, with crumbling facilities and a domestic league that has lost both its talent and its relevance as top players leave and younger ones look elsewhere.—
Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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The property also hosts a variety of wellness and well-being classes, from sound healing and meditation to yoga, breathwork, and cacao ceremonies.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Mar. 2026
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After nearly two decades of development, the feminist installation will host art, education and wellness programming at a site once home to Gwen’s Ice Cream, a neighborhood gem.—
Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The validity of the process, and whether this law mimics the IEEPA tariffs just struck down, are issues that certainly will come up in federal courts.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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Challenge the validity of the debt Debt collectors don't always have airtight documentation.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Finally, the defanging of the Iranian menace would also significantly augment the collective strength and abilities of the West with respect to China, which relies heavily on Iranian oil.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Before starting a new exercise program, Culbertson advised seeing a doctor or a physical therapist to make sure there’s nothing neurological causing your loss of grip strength.—
Danielle Zickl,
Health,
12 Mar. 2026
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Its suitability to our climate stems from its origin in the South African Cape Floristic Province, whose climate approximates our own, except our summers are a bit hotter.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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The state alleges Darnell failed to conduct individualized suitability analyses and did not disclose conflicts of interest tied to commission payments.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Because the structure, built in 1890, is within the city’s historic district, a certificate of appropriateness is required for exterior work on the building, including relocation and demolition.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Parents deserve a voice in their child’s education, and educators bring training and experience in curriculum, age-appropriateness and instructional standards.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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In taking this event as his starting point, Alper has created a film that is both culturally specific, and has plenty of wider applicability as well.—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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If multiple hypotheses work to explain the data equally well but one conflicts with reality in some other realm (and the other doesn’t), the one that’s valid across the widest range of applicability is superior.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Fitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fitness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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