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: application sense 3
a word processing app
especially
: an application designed for a mobile device (such as a smartphone)
Health-insurance companies and government officials alike are drawn to the ability of smartphone apps to reach tough-to-access patients, to effect long-term lifestyle changes, and to do it all at a very low cost. —
Marcellus Hall
see also killer app
Marcellus Hall 2
informal
: appetizer
… the hidden video monitors that tell the cooks when the V.I.P.'s have finished their apps …—Thomas McNamee
Thomas McNamee1
apparatus
2
appendix
3
appliance
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
Smith said the government was lucky to even get access to the messages given the app’s security measures.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
The national-security agencies do not use Claude in the form of a consumer chatbot; Secretary of War Pete Hegseth does not open the Claude app to ask what’s up with the whole Taiwan thing.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Both sides then negotiated a settlement that includes changes in driver training, and updates to the Lyft app that will make the agreement apply nationwide, not just in Minnesota.
—Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Guests without naira might have to use a transfer app to make payments for purchases, which can be a little awkward for small purchases.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
Smith said the government was lucky to even get access to the messages given the app’s security measures.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated March 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
The national-security agencies do not use Claude in the form of a consumer chatbot; Secretary of War Pete Hegseth does not open the Claude app to ask what’s up with the whole Taiwan thing.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Both sides then negotiated a settlement that includes changes in driver training, and updates to the Lyft app that will make the agreement apply nationwide, not just in Minnesota.
—Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
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“App.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/app. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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