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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
befit .
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Examples
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She has been labeled a child prodigy and anyone will know why the label befits this young star from the moment she starts to sing.
WN.com - Articles related to Improving Philippine education 2010
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She has been labeled a child prodigy and anyone will know why the label befits this young star from the moment she starts to sing.
WN.com - Articles related to Improving Philippine education 2010
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She has been labeled a child prodigy and anyone will know why the label befits this young star from the moment she starts to sing.
WN.com - Articles related to Improving Philippine education 2010
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She has been labeled a child prodigy and anyone will know why the label befits this young star from the moment she starts to sing.
WN.com - Articles related to Improving Philippine education 2010
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And even though the current title befits a high concept Matt LeBlanc comeback vehicle, the lack of awareness is odd since Knight is due next summer and directed by James Mangold, who can aptly do the macho-thing (3:10 to Yuma), the girl-thing (Girl, Interrupted), and in between (Walk the Line).
New Footage From Knight & Day with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz | /Film 2009
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The chickens 'impressive title befits an important job: detecting dangerous illnesses like St. Louis encephalitis -- which has a 20 percent fatality rate for those over 70 -- in a state where the elderly are almost as numerous as the mosquitoes.
No Mickey Mouse 2008
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I know not in what manner you will be affected at the loss, Evacuation, sale, giving up -- which of the terms befits the late conduct at
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Such a phrase befits a view of grace as something magical, if not physical, but is not intended as implying any positive description of the inward nature of grace.
Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas 1954
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That’s a good one – only a member of the crime syndicate could project so well their own reality onto a scapegoat – a straw man – your name befits your amorality – say hi to your crime bosses Bush and Cheney next time you pay homage
Think Progress » Santorum: ‘I Think The Focus Should Not Be Iraq, It Should Be Iran’ 2006
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The answer may well be found in a 1994 essay by Ayers, whose title befits a former merchant seaman: “Navigating a restless sea: The continuing struggle to achieve a decent education for African American youngsters in Chicago.”
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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