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applied

adjective as in used

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He argued that it would be a "win-win" if zero tariffs were applied to Scotch arriving in the US in exchange for zero tariffs on US bourbon and used bourbon casks coming to the UK.

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These differences mean that the same incident may or may not appear in a dataset, depending on the rules applied.

From Salon

Following years of outrage over that alleged partisanship, however, it later turned out that the IRS had applied extra scrutiny to progressive groups as well.

From Salon

Caroline Tobierre applied for compensation to help with her funeral costs after being told she had months to live in August 2021.

From BBC

“If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn’t have bothered to write it into the Constitution,” the writers group said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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