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  • past participle of apply.
  • past tense form of apply.
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applied

[uh-plahyd] / əˈplaɪd /


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In midday trading, Applied Materials was up 8% to $614.13; Lam Research gained 5.4% to $389.09; and KLA added 2.8% to $244.02.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

“Elections are not a game,” said Davina Hurt, director of government ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Paul Burke, at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, says Apollo regolith samples might have lost some of their helium-3 on their return to Earth, skewing our understanding of how much is there.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

His career has included Coast Guard search and rescue operations, maritime salvage missions, drug interdiction work, and research at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory involving autonomous systems, space technologies, and undersea platforms.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Applied to seeds, either by soaking or in a coating combined with carbon, they extend their effects into the following plant generation and produce seedlings poisonous to aphids and other sucking insects.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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