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applied

[uh-plahyd] / əˈplaɪd /


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County Fire Department paramedics, legally applied for a name change in 2012 because of her famous father’s public persona.

From Los Angeles Times

Katie, who lives in London, applied for the job of delivering the government's presentations a decade ago because she wanted to help people from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university.

From BBC

The payments app operator has applied to list its shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “PAYP.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"That is the principle that I applied to the decisions that I made over the weekend."

From BBC

This is an “identity contingency” that plays out “whenever we’re in a situation where a bad stereotype about one of our own identities could be applied to us,” potentially becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

From The Wall Street Journal