plural Apache or Apaches
ə-ˈpa-chēz 
-ˈpash,
-ˈpa-shəz
1
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.
2
: any of the Athabascan languages of the Apache people
3
not capitalized
[French, from Apache Apache Indian]
a
: a member of a gang of criminals especially in Paris
b
: ruffian
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The model is open source, available on GitHub and Hugging Face, with an Apache 2.0 license.
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Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Anthem Intersection of Anthem Way and Gavilan Peak Parkway, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Apache Junction
185 W. Apache Trail, 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
The White Mountain Apache Tribe in Arizona adopted a program called Celebrating Life.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
Failure to update an element of the Apache Struts networking software was identified as a key point of failure.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Anthem Intersection of Anthem Way and Gavilan Peak Parkway, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Apache Junction
185 W. Apache Trail, 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
The White Mountain Apache Tribe in Arizona adopted a program called Celebrating Life.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
Failure to update an element of the Apache Struts networking software was identified as a key point of failure.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Apache
noun
plural Apache or Apaches
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.
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: any of the languages of the Apache people
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