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applicability

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


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Opponents of the executive order claim that “jurisdiction” simply refers to the applicability of ordinary civil and criminal laws.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"We have shown this technology has broad applicability including military operations and for homeland defense," Northrop told AFP in a statement.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

As the court explained, “that language is expansive and unqualified, confirming applicability to every such person.”

From Slate • Jul. 9, 2025

Once those discussions are concluded the UK government can either send it back to the assembly for a cross-community vote known as an applicability motion or decide the rule should not apply in Northern Ireland.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

In real life, the biomedical sciences have not yet reached the stage of any kind of general applicability to disease mechanisms.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas