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
  • Given their effectiveness at causing weight loss and improving health, GLP-1 drugs will likely become more common and increase in use, Hackensack’s Kipnis predicted.
    Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The Trump administration told federal health officials to pause public communications, including bird flu updates.
    David Leonhardt, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • New Orleans, hit hard by the snow, will see temperatures in the low to mid 60s by Sunday with conditions on most of its roads improving Friday and beyond.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
  • She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted while pregnant.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After a heart attack, scar tissue often forms to allow the organ to keep its shape, but the downside is that this tissue doesn’t beat.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
  • There is always the human form on the one hand, and lines and shapes on the other.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Fettle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fettle. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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