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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
And for emergency applications like the case at hand, the court almost always resolves them without holding a live courtroom session at all.
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 15 May 2025
Funding applications will be accepted from May 5-30.
—Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2025
Fake words creeping like kudzu into scientific papers and dating profiles and e-mails and text messages and news outlets and social feeds and job listings and job applications.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 3 May 2025
No equipment is currently certified to meet those standards, nor has the agency been able to issue refunds to application fees paid for by manufacturers.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 2 May 2025
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 15 May 2025
Funding applications will be accepted from May 5-30.
—Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2025
Fake words creeping like kudzu into scientific papers and dating profiles and e-mails and text messages and news outlets and social feeds and job listings and job applications.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 3 May 2025
No equipment is currently certified to meet those standards, nor has the agency been able to issue refunds to application fees paid for by manufacturers.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for application
Recent Examples of Synonyms for application
Noun
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The Vatican has taken high-tech measures to ensure secrecy, including the use of jamming devices.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
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Adjust Horizontally Misaligned Cabinet Door During installation or even after years of regular use, cabinet doors might slide too far to one side or the other.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Third-party vendors are developing more sophisticated reporting mechanisms to help clients audit their own regulatory compliance as well as track sustainability efforts through advanced data analytics in areas like carbon emissions, energy usage and operational efficiency.—
Vidya Plainfield,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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Cue also said Safari’s search usage declined for the first time in April as more people turned to AI, sending shares of Alphabet tumbling.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
8 May 2025
Noun
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What This Means For You While some cortisol-lowering practices can help reduce stress, such as getting better sleep and doing mindfulness exercises, a cortisol detox is unnecessary.—
Helen Carefoot,
Verywell Health,
16 May 2025
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Like in many companies, the pandemic hastened Pirelli's speed of digital research and development exercises.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Carlos Beltrán, who signed his own nine-figure deal with the Mets two decades before Soto, now works as a special assistant to David Stearns, the Mets’ president of baseball operations.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Speigel projects Epic could draw as many as 8 million visitors during its first year of operation.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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“Application.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/application. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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