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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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His son Roger filed an application to build 141 homes in the early ’90s and again 2009, but again couldn’t reach an agreement about the water.
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Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2024
The three were chosen following an international open call that yielded sixty-six applications.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Oct. 2024
Food vending licenses cost $50 in application fees, but an additional permit is needed to operate mobile units that food is sold from, like pushcarts.
—Valerie Castro, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
The goal of these agencies will be to speed up reviews of alternative drug applications while also working with manufacturers to boost capacity for IV fluid production, including bringing other manufacturers with sterile production facilities online.
—Robert Glatter, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2024
The three were chosen following an international open call that yielded sixty-six applications.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Oct. 2024
Food vending licenses cost $50 in application fees, but an additional permit is needed to operate mobile units that food is sold from, like pushcarts.
—Valerie Castro, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
The goal of these agencies will be to speed up reviews of alternative drug applications while also working with manufacturers to boost capacity for IV fluid production, including bringing other manufacturers with sterile production facilities online.
—Robert Glatter, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Application.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/application. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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