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applicability

[uh-plik-uh-bil-i-tee] / əˌplɪk əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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And though a film’s contextual significance is an important part of determining what is and isn’t a timeless movie, applicability isn’t everything, either.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

One challenge is the huge variability in the applicability of AI: While some tasks can be handed over to AI almost entirely, most cannot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Finnish Customs said it was still investigating "the applicability of EU sanctions legislation to this case."

From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026

By emphasizing observable symptoms and illness trajectories rather than culturally bound categories, dimensional approaches offer universal applicability while respecting local contexts and experiences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2025

In biology there is a principle of powerful if imperfect applicability called recapitulation: in our individual embryonic development we retrace the evolutionary history of the species.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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