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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fitting (in)
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To meet his growing costs, Meraj had increased the price of a cup of tea from ten rupees to fifteen, a fifty-per-cent rise (in New York terms, like a cup of drip coffee going from just shy of four dollars to nearly six overnight).—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026 -
McDowell is with 916 Community Alliance, going inside underserved community classrooms to help keep the peace.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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At her core, though, Pumpkin is searching for something more — belonging and sisterhood.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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Gigi Perez has always searched for belonging in a song.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Fitting (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fitting%20%28in%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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