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Discover LudwigThe phrase "appropriating of" is not correct in standard written English
It is typically used incorrectly; the correct form would be "appropriating" without "of."
Example: "The artist is appropriating elements from various cultures in her work."
Alternatives: "taking from" or "borrowing from."
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Scott is doing his own appropriating, of the sounds and styles of his collaborators.
The developer immediately did a little appropriating of his own, renaming the tower and its previously anonymous plaza: the General Motors Building at Trump International Plaza.
Both Eagleton and the new atheists have, finally, an incomprehension of the actual faith that people lead their lives by, the idolatrous forcing and appropriating of God, the desperate and faithful submission to divine will and succor.
And obviously, the appropriating of the phrase "girl power", which at that point overrode any notion of feminism, and which was a phrase that meant absolutely nothing apart from being friends with your girlfriends.
But while sometimes shameless in its appropriating of established genre tropes, it stood out amongst Red Dwarf's typical one-shot-style episodes, winning an International Emmy in 1994.
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That is absolutely appropriate of course.
This neglect seems somehow bleakly appropriate of our current uncertainties.
As a final role, it was appropriate, of course.
It is hardly appropriate, of course, for organizers of a festival to preach sobriety.
The critiques mainly focus on culturally appropriate of curriculum development.
Be appropriate, of course.
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