1
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
Harriet Sperling, who is understood to have split from her former husband, a fitness instructor, when Georgina was just two years old, was supported by her mother and three siblings.
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 6 June 2026
The players do the majority of their fitness testing on Saturday morning, and the top prospects do the bulk of their formal media on Friday afternoon, but already on Thursday, prospects were being shuttled around to do grip testing and other basic tests.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Accessibility The property is fully ADA-compliant, with accessible rooms and routes across the property, including to all restaurants, meeting spaces, the spa, fitness center, and business center.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Bigos converted the former downtown YMCA into Skyrec, a fitness facility exclusively dedicated to tenants of its Lowertown properties.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 6 June 2026
The players do the majority of their fitness testing on Saturday morning, and the top prospects do the bulk of their formal media on Friday afternoon, but already on Thursday, prospects were being shuttled around to do grip testing and other basic tests.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Accessibility The property is fully ADA-compliant, with accessible rooms and routes across the property, including to all restaurants, meeting spaces, the spa, fitness center, and business center.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Bigos converted the former downtown YMCA into Skyrec, a fitness facility exclusively dedicated to tenants of its Lowertown properties.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fitness
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The actress started advocating for menopause and mid-life care in 2024 − after her doctor misdiagnosed her symptoms as herpes − and pushed for legislation to fund research and education in women’s health.—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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Similar concerns were raised about the merger of the SAG and AFTRA health plans in 2017, which was followed by a significant curtailment in benefits a few years later.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
5 June 2026
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Raman is well-versed on matters of relevance and could have pushed back against Bass in substantive, detailed ways.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Research opportunities are incorporated in parallel, selected for their relevance to the candidate's specialty focus, and timed to help strengthen the application profile in a meaningful way.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Catch up on Select’s in-depth coverage of personal finance, tech and tools, wellness and more, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to stay up to date.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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The aforementioned Sastra makes wellness the thing here.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Under the resolution, initiatives attributed to Ramallah to create a parallel land registry in Area C were declared to have no legal validity or standing.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Lindell is a longtime Trump ally who has also boosted false conspiracies about the validity of the 2020 election results.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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At the same time, a 12-month clinical trial out of Penn State just confirmed that eating prunes daily can help preserve bone strength in postmenopausal women.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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But strength and resilience aren't just themes in her magazine.—
Mikayla Price,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Additional testing by the University of Strathclyde confirmed the platform’s stability, structural performance, motion characteristics, and multi-platform connectivity under different sea conditions, supporting its suitability for long-term maritime operations.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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Environmentalists say their arrival in Venice as the European flamingo’s range expands is a sign of the lagoon’s health and suitability as a feeding ground.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 May 2026
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According to council members who supported the decision, concerns included the appropriateness of the program for children and its potential impact on attendance by some families.—
Jack Springgate,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Participants prioritized scientific and medical accuracy, clarity, ease of pronunciation, avoiding stigma, and cultural appropriateness.—
Melanie Cree,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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Playwright Mark Rosenblatt takes a leaf from the Peter Morgan playbook of using newsy real-life controversies with direct contemporary applicability to spark balanced drama.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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These factors reduce the applicability and appeal to venture-style funding.—
Samuel Mueller,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Fitness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fitness. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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