application
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Roberts leveraged the connections from his clerkship into a job in President Ronald Reagan’s Department of Justice, submitting his application on Supreme Court letterhead and dropping Rehnquist’s name as a reference.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
Dean, Park, Safavi-Naeini, and Stokowski are inventors on a patent application that covers methods for achieving quantum advantage in power-constrained photonic sensors.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
“We have defeated each and every one of those threats through the clinical application of defensive munitions,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
The regulator denied her application, saying investigators first learned about her claims from the news media, instead of her going to the SEC first.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
He explained that if a boy wanted to go he filled out an application, and then he had to wait and see if he was accepted.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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