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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 applications
Those employees can continue working on SNAP applications and renewals until that date.
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Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2025
The new season finds the Shazam moving company battling corporate giant Zenithon Logistics, while Everett (Jae) drags the team through increasingly desperate schemes such as insurance scams, bogus grant applications and a basement AirBnb conversion gone wrong.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Freudenberg e-Power Systems designs, develops, and manufactures power cells, battery, and fuel cell systems for buses, trucks, maritime, and off-road applications, according to the company website.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Designed to bring quantum programming closer to the ease of classical computing, Helios is already being used for enterprise-grade applications.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
But in mission-critical applications, the technology still needs a human to oversee it, limiting its potential.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
This problem is best corrected through adjustments to soil pH, though applications of iron also help.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
The second was a minimum viable product designed to secure private AI applications with runtime guardrails, enabling organizations to integrate AI confidently without the risk of unmanaged exposure — an approach now used across major global enterprises to safeguard their AI deployments at scale.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Breyer was drawn to the applications of artificial intelligence in healthcare at the medical school and at Harbor, Johnston said.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2025
The new season finds the Shazam moving company battling corporate giant Zenithon Logistics, while Everett (Jae) drags the team through increasingly desperate schemes such as insurance scams, bogus grant applications and a basement AirBnb conversion gone wrong.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Freudenberg e-Power Systems designs, develops, and manufactures power cells, battery, and fuel cell systems for buses, trucks, maritime, and off-road applications, according to the company website.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Designed to bring quantum programming closer to the ease of classical computing, Helios is already being used for enterprise-grade applications.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
But in mission-critical applications, the technology still needs a human to oversee it, limiting its potential.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
This problem is best corrected through adjustments to soil pH, though applications of iron also help.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
The second was a minimum viable product designed to secure private AI applications with runtime guardrails, enabling organizations to integrate AI confidently without the risk of unmanaged exposure — an approach now used across major global enterprises to safeguard their AI deployments at scale.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Breyer was drawn to the applications of artificial intelligence in healthcare at the medical school and at Harbor, Johnston said.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for applications
Noun
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Among the uses of the money is to offset costs for public schools that choose to change their mascots.—
Diana Lambdin Meyer,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The property owners intending to get out of farming meant other uses, including hundreds of residential homes, could have gone on the acreage.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Significant diplomatic and military visits followed, as well as Chinese support for Bangladesh’s involvement in naval exercises with Pakistan (a longtime Indian rival), Chinese defense technology transfers, and Chinese investment in infrastructure and economic zones.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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The music, perhaps accordingly, sometimes languishes in a middle zone of wistful genre exercises.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This produces an incredibly dense representation of usages and meanings, in which analogy becomes a matter of geometry.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Despite cotton’s nearly unlimited usages, this year’s World Cotton Day program will highlight the challenges as well as the opportunities facing the cotton sector.—
Catherine Salfino,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Oct. 2025
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Senators attached the continuing resolution to a package of spending bills addressing military construction, veterans affairs, agriculture and congressional operations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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The shutdown has disrupted federal operations, delayed pay for hundreds of thousands of workers, and put critical programs at risk.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Applications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applications. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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