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beseeming

verb

present participle of beseem, archaic

as in befitting

to be fitting or proper ordered his servants to deck the hall with such adornments as might beseem for the holidays

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Set the scene As befitting the city’s showpiece, the Empress occupies what’s arguably the best spot in Victoria, overlooking the Inner Harbor and kitty-corner to the British Columbia Parliament Buildings.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The first half had the intensity befitting two of the best teams in the league from 2023 to 2025, when the rivals played many heated matches.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

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Some of the stories are just spoken matter-of-factly, while others are acted out with Jaku doing all the voices.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Anyone attempting to judge these works by their relationship to canonized video, computational art, and painting may have difficulty doing so.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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Three years on, the worst security failure in Israel's history now threatens to end the career of its longest-serving prime minister.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Vance Boelter is already serving a federal life sentence for the attack on Minnesota lawmakers that killed House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.

— Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

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