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the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose
fixing a snag in panty hose is not the intended application of nail polish, but it's a handy one
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Recent Examples of application
The friction stems from Anthropic's usage policies that prohibit domestic surveillance applications.
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Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
The turn of the century saw the advent of rhizobial soil inoculants for improving legume growth, with the FDA promoting such applications.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
Those interested can visit the Wyandotte Animal Shelter for more information and to fill out an application.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Complete the rescue’s adoption application on its website.
—Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
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Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
The turn of the century saw the advent of rhizobial soil inoculants for improving legume growth, with the FDA promoting such applications.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
Those interested can visit the Wyandotte Animal Shelter for more information and to fill out an application.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Complete the rescue’s adoption application on its website.
—Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for application
Noun
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Facial redness reduced by 14% with one application, and 52% after 12 weeks of daily use.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Joseph Gladney, 26, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter with an enhancement for personal use of a firearm in the shooting death of 25-year-old Vinson Bragg, as well as a charge of threatening to kill another half-brother who lived in the family home.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Podcasts, newsletters, and Words of the Year have popularized neologisms, etymologies, and usage trends.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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Make no mistake, 11-personnel will always be the bread and butter of a McVay offense, and the coach said usage of any grouping is matchup dependent and could vary week to week.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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Remember that cognitive difficulty often signals growth, just as physical soreness after exercise indicates muscle development.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Republicans have treated Raskin’s calls for transparency as a political exercise, noting that President Joe Biden did not face the same uproar over Epstein.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Smith has been a valuable contributor since joining the Giants during president of basball operations Buster Posey’s roster shakeup in early June.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
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Months of theory and simulations eventually revealed a new regime of operation.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Application.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/application. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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