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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
Pliops was showcasing its XDP LightingAI at the Summit, a GenAI native memory stack to power interfence and retrieval workloads for hyperscale and enterprise applications.
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Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Green then explained the medical and industrial applications for these new knits.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
But demand for mortgages surged to a three-year high last week, with purchase and refinance applications both moving higher, according to a Wednesday report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
This opens up numerous applications, Ibrahim says, proudly holding up a vial of the yellow-brown slush in the lab.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
The potential applications are wide-ranging.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
According to the latest data from the State Department, more than 125,000 Afghans have outstanding applications for an SIV.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
Such insights have a wide range of applications, such as revealing the presence of diseases ranging from infections to cancer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Sep. 2025
Regular and expedited new passport applications will both be accepted at the Roseville event.
—Fernanda Galan, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Green then explained the medical and industrial applications for these new knits.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
But demand for mortgages surged to a three-year high last week, with purchase and refinance applications both moving higher, according to a Wednesday report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
This opens up numerous applications, Ibrahim says, proudly holding up a vial of the yellow-brown slush in the lab.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
The potential applications are wide-ranging.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
According to the latest data from the State Department, more than 125,000 Afghans have outstanding applications for an SIV.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
Such insights have a wide range of applications, such as revealing the presence of diseases ranging from infections to cancer.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Sep. 2025
Regular and expedited new passport applications will both be accepted at the Roseville event.
—Fernanda Galan, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for applications
Noun
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That’s the spirit behind the AI Darwin Awards, which recognize the most spectacularly misguided uses of the technology.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Still, the recent rise in non-work uses suggests that a lot of the newest ChatGPT users are doing so more for personal than for productivity reasons.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Salesforce contract renewals often become routine exercises—reviewing user counts, negotiating minor discounts and signing on the dotted line.—
Buyan Thyagarajan,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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For its part, China last month urged the US not to send the Typhon missile system to Japan for the Resolute Dragon exercises.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Morris has been more multiple in his coverage usages and front structures.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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This has nothing to do with respecting the King’s English or common usages.—
J.T. Barbarese,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There are, however, key technical challenges such as generating on-demand, indistinguishable single photons with high efficiency, and the probabilistic nature of photonic gates (the electronic elements in a computer performing logic operations).—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Instead, Syed was forced out this summer despite two decades of experience in counterterrorism and cyber operations.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Applications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applications. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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