apples
Americanadjective
plural noun
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See apples and pears
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informal all is going well
Example Sentences
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At nine, we hauled a backpack filled with apples and books to read beneath pine trees that provided shelter from the summer heat.
From Literature
As the Madoff case showed, a professional designation alone does not prevent bad apples.
From MarketWatch
“The girls got to pick apples and berries on the first day of orientation. Knowing this group is going to be held within a space like a garden … there’s healing in that.”
From Los Angeles Times
The 2026 picks are commonly consumed favorites, including strawberries, grapes, nectarines, peaches, cherries, apples, blackberries, pears and blueberries.
From Salon
I also buy apples and berries, whatever I can’t grow, because I grow my own food at home.
From Los Angeles Times
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