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as in to relate
to have a relation or connection does your rule about calling home apply to me as well?

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as in to exert
to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively apply pressure to the area to stop the bleeding

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Recent Examples of apply The judge also ordered the parties to address whether and how the Supreme Court's recent ruling limiting universal injunctions should apply to her order. Alexander Tin, CBS News, 1 July 2025 Consistency: Standards must apply equally across roles, teams, and time. David Ferrucci, Fortune, 30 June 2025 Forbes is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Tell us your inspiration for rescuing the ancestral tequila-making methods of the past. Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 International distributors can apply for up to €50,000 ($57,380) per title for theatrical distribution of Italian films in their territories. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for apply
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  • In February 2024, the EU adopted the Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition, legislation that specifically targeted green and climate related claims.
    Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Both Singhs, who are not related, were arrested Friday, prosecutors announced.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
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  • Officials say that deterrent is why cases of ineligible people casting ballots are incredibly rare — a fact that's become increasingly apparent as more and more states devote resources to uncovering the few people that slip through the cracks every election.
    Miles Parks, NPR, 28 June 2025
  • For instance, using scheduling tools or features to automate social media posts and email campaigns enables marketers to devote additional time to more important activities.
    Roman Vrublivskyi, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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  • With the draft beginning this coming Sunday and the trade deadline at the end of the month, A.J. Preller’s closest lieutenants are in San Diego rather than spread around the country looking at big-league and amateur players.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
  • Flemmings said neuroblastoma is a condition in which tumors spread to many other parts of the body.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2025
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  • The treatment had never been used on a species of raptor before, but Ammann took a leap and sent them an email.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 July 2025
  • When his young son Walter (Roman Griffin Davis) and Walter’s cat upend the performance with their unruly behavior, Charles’s wife, Catherine (Thurman), persuades Charles not to punish the kid but instead to use the opportunity to teach him about Jesus (Isaac).
    Chris DeVille, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
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  • The club exerted control over teams through possession and physical dominance.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
  • This situation could exert pressure to secure additional funds, potentially diluting the existing shareholders or necessitating the company to incur debt.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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  • Therefore, Woodard argues, her player contracts can’t be enforced against her.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 July 2025
  • This is a fairly typical maneuver for NORAD jets enforcing temporary restrictions in the airspace around where the president is.
    Adeola Adeosun Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
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  • One of the most perplexing and detrimental aesthetic choices implemented here pertains to the emblematic animals in Dora’s purview.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 July 2025
  • This may seem a generous assessment—a prudent forecast would be crazy-high intoxication, at a minimum—but this pertains to the have-it-large contingent, which is relatively small.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 July 2025
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  • Alex has given everything to the game and to the Golden Knights and has played through significant challenges in the pursuit of trying to win another Stanley Cup in Vegas.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • By contrast, people given placebo injections lost around 200 grams.
    Rachel Fieldhouse, Scientific American, 1 July 2025

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“Apply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apply. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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