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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Big players in the pipeline solution industry include Apache Kafka, Apache Airflow and cloud services like AWS and Azure.
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Supreme Court clears way for massive copper mine on Apache sacred land
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The Supreme Court on May 27 declined to get involved in a dispute about mining on land sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe, a case that religious groups backed to test the scope of a 1993 federal law protecting religious freedom.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 May 2025
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea from a group of Native American activists and supporters to block a copper mining company from destroying an Apache religious site.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 27 May 2025
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Mohit Menghnani, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Supreme Court clears way for massive copper mine on Apache sacred land
More to come,
Michael Wilner
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Was this newsletter forwarded to you?
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
The Supreme Court on May 27 declined to get involved in a dispute about mining on land sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe, a case that religious groups backed to test the scope of a 1993 federal law protecting religious freedom.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 May 2025
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea from a group of Native American activists and supporters to block a copper mining company from destroying an Apache religious site.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 27 May 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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