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Recent Examples of apps
ICEBlock and similar apps have been available on Apple’s app store since the spring.
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Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Rather than simply reflecting pre-existing social and romantic struggles, dating apps can also intensify these difficulties through dating app burnout — a cycle of disappointment, rejection and emotional exhaustion.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This feature has set Android apart from iOS for years by allowing users to install apps from other app stores or indie developers without those apps having to live in the Google Play Store.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Rather than simply reflecting pre-existing social and romantic struggles, dating apps can also intensify these difficulties through dating app burnout — a cycle of disappointment, rejection and emotional exhaustion.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This feature has set Android apart from iOS for years by allowing users to install apps from other app stores or indie developers without those apps having to live in the Google Play Store.
—Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apps
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Sushi and other seafood are the highlight at Ukai; Mediterranean cuisine and small plates and cocktails are featured at Maratea.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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In celebration, the pair could be seen quite literally howling at the moon with cocktails in hand — sans pants, of course.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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The poolside Joia Bar, modeled after a traditional Dominican casita, overlooks the lagoon pool and the sea, offering light bites, appetizers, and cocktails.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
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But the appetizers were never going to have anything on the main course.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Nov. 2025
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With most starters sitting out the preseason opener and Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel dealing with hamstring injuries, Stefanski turned to Sanders as the starter and primary option Friday night.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2025
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The food bank provides food and other supplies for the pets of senior citizens, low-income families, people with disabilities or terminal illnesses, veterans, and homeless community members.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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When state media broadcasts funerals for fighters killed in Syria or Yemen while Iran’s hospitals lack basic supplies, the disconnect between rhetoric and reality becomes glaring.—
Kamran Talattof,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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Modern day parties have nothing on the classic shindigs starring finger foods that were hard to resist.—
Mary Alice Russell,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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For a more relaxed vibe, consider keeping things simple with tasty finger foods and letting everyone settle in for a Halloween movie marathon once the kids return home.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Apps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apps. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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