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Even wrapped in paper, the stench of the aptly named stinkhorn mushrooms was overpowering, but the woman stifled a laugh upon overhearing two other passengers gripe about the swarm of flies around them.
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Alla Katsnelson, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Celebrate the 10-Year Anniversary of '(500) Days of Summer'
But the aptly titled Joe’s Journal faces a different landscape of cultural and social phenomena.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The company behind Edible Arrangements is aptly expanding into a different type of edible.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
In 1912, President William H. Taft issued executive order 1499, aptly named Disposal of Useless Papers, requiring agencies to consult the librarian of Congress before disposing of documents.
—Elizabeth Call, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
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Alla Katsnelson, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Celebrate the 10-Year Anniversary of '(500) Days of Summer'
But the aptly titled Joe’s Journal faces a different landscape of cultural and social phenomena.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The company behind Edible Arrangements is aptly expanding into a different type of edible.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
In 1912, President William H. Taft issued executive order 1499, aptly named Disposal of Useless Papers, requiring agencies to consult the librarian of Congress before disposing of documents.
—Elizabeth Call, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Aptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aptly. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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