Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for applicative
Adjective
  • All this is to say, my phone is full of useful information and tools that help keep me safe—contacts, copies of documents, health insurance, GPS maps, and more.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
  • This would be particularly useful for patients at higher risk due to age or family history.
    Mill Etienne, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • While the first sale rule is broadly applicable across products and industries, it is considered particularly useful in higher-value consumer goods and luxury products, where margins are greater.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 26 May 2025
  • The average cost of a fast food meal includes applicable state and local sales taxes based on the restaurants' locations.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • Jain: That’s a powerful example of applied storytelling.
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
  • Bracket Calculating the likelihood of a perfect bracket is an exercise in applied probability.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • These categories aren’t timeless ontological judgments—they’re practical tools that help the government fulfill its duties.
    Paisley Currah, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
  • Many product designs never even make it to market, due to concepts that might be more theoretical than practical, elements that don’t add to performance, or don’t promote good sound and feel.
    Candace Oehler, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • The daughter of a generous and pragmatic father who worked for the Internal Revenue Service and a mother who wore a suit of armor over a devastating diagnosis.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Many refugee writers demonstrate awareness of the fact that telling stories serves ends both personal and pragmatic, therapeutic and bureaucratic.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
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“Applicative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applicative. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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