application

Example Sentences

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Taylor told the agency as soon as an application for water service was filed that he was not going to turn it on, he said.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

One of the group's founders, Tracey Wilson, told the BBC they are advising those who declared their firearms to withdraw their application pending the court's decision, which likely won't come for months.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

He was named Western Conference player of the month on Thursday, adding another line to his most valuable player application.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

To make the journey work without the audiences seeing each other, Broucke used a mathematical application called a Caesar cipher, created by the Roman general to send encrypted messages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Galileo’s physics was intended to be practical but turned out to be of little practical use in its most obvious field of application.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton