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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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Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Additionally, Strava, a digital activity tracking app, is integrated into routes around the resort.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 28 June 2025
Someone had to have changed the original default setting from do not delete to saving them for only 30 days, if the state’s chief utility was using the texting app that comes with the phone, and not Signal or Snapchat.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
Texas and other states have also passed or are considering laws mandating similar age limits to use app stores, and a Senate bill two years ago would have mandated age verification to use social media.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
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Indeed, as time passes, and those security vulnerabilities become common knowledge, with exploits exchanged in criminal forums online, the threat will only increase for any users who have not either updated to a more recent operating system or switched to a different browser app.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Additionally, Strava, a digital activity tracking app, is integrated into routes around the resort.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 28 June 2025
Someone had to have changed the original default setting from do not delete to saving them for only 30 days, if the state’s chief utility was using the texting app that comes with the phone, and not Signal or Snapchat.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
Texas and other states have also passed or are considering laws mandating similar age limits to use app stores, and a Senate bill two years ago would have mandated age verification to use social media.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
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“App.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/app. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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