application
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A planning application to build an 11-foot statue to the monarch in Malmesbury, however, was blocked after residents complained it could damage the roots of three silver birch trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
The developer withdrew its planning permission application in August, after its neighbours spoke out online, lobbied their MP and gathered more than 9,000 petition signatures.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
He lost his unfair dismissal claim on the grounds that the application had been filed too late, according to the ruling.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
An all-cash offer amounts to magic words for sellers, who get access to cash without any holdups, such as having to wait for underwriting to approve the buyer’s mortgage application.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, my application process was Mom saying, “This will look good on your college apps.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
"Like every airline, we run on technology built up over decades for a different era, including more than 1,000 legacy applications that were never designed to work together," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
SoftBank had been banking on the acquisition of ABB’s robotics unit, which makes robotic arms and other devices used in manufacturing and logistics, to headline a broader push into physical applications of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The WSJ’s Rebecca Feng and Jason French write that, in early 2024, the Houthis established an administrative entity called the Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center to handle carriers’ applications and communicate the Houthis’ own sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
By coordinating insecticide applications with the beetles' reproductive cycles, researchers hope to disrupt larval development before the insects can inflict extensive damage on blueberry roots.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
College applications had been increasingly on Lexie’s mind.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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