as in health
a state of being or fitness a visit to the relatives on the other side of the state revealed them all to be in fine fettle

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Recent Examples of fettle Kettenring has some fine talent to work with; the show has all kinds of familiar local faces in the cast including the veteran performers George Keating and Richard Strimer stripping away the years in fine fettle by dancing up a storm in the ensemble. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 Gates performs most of the mechanical service himself, pulling on dungarees to lube suspension joints on a weekly basis, keeping the sewing machine straight-six engine in fine fettle, and in pre- and post-COVID times, driving the cars as often as possible. Mark Ewing, Forbes, 3 July 2022 Turkey’s Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, which historically has always been the country’s prime local cinema catalyst, stands as testimony that despite impediments due to the pandemic and the country’s economy Turkish filmmakers are in fine fettle. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Oct. 2021 The inner movements went along just fine, with horns in fine fettle in the jolly scherzo. Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for fettle
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Noun
  • What do these cuts mean for the millions of students who rely on federal financial aid, the schools that depend on federal funding, and the overall health of the U.S. education system?
    Scott White, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • However, the total net interest payments year to date rose to $396 billion, just behind national defense and health.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The director of the F1 movie, Joseph Kosinski, has revealed the one condition Lewis Hamilton had going into its production.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Officials issued mandatory evacuation orders via social media that included homes, hotels and a Walmart. Jennifer Thompson, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Norman, described the fire conditions in the central and northern parts of the state as historic and highly anomalous.
    Sean Murphy and Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After close to a year away from the game recovering from left ankle surgery, the only way to get in game shape is to play in NBA games.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
  • By some key measures, the economy remains in solid shape, however.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Fettle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fettle. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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