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applicable

[ap-li-kuh-buhl, uh-plik-uh-] / ˈæp lɪ kə bəl, əˈplɪk ə- /


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Instead, the beneficiaries typically work directly with the IRA custodian, which transfers their respective shares into inherited IRAs or otherwise distributes the assets according to the applicable rules.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

The researchers also developed a systematic and broadly applicable framework for connecting the physical structure of brain cells with what those cells are capable of computing.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

Meta previously told AFP in a statement that "the transaction complied fully with applicable law".

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

I’m using one to feed the other at the moment and seeing where it’s applicable and where I think it could do the most good.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Poverty to him was an abstract, distant concept, applicable to the tenants at Tres Marias and the indigent patients his brother Jaime helped; he had never had any direct contact with it himself.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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