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  • past tense form of apply.
  • past participle of apply.
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applied

[uh-plahyd] / əˈplaɪd /


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“Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong — they’re a bridge too far.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

They next applied the clock to a separate group of 144 people to estimate each person's 'brain age'.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

Again, she likely has 60 days to elect COBRA, and once she pays the required premiums, her coverage can be applied retroactively to when her employer coverage ended.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

"It was applied to an area where the fire had already burned away all living vegetation, leaving just rocks and ash."

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Having nowhere to go, she surrendered to impossible and applied for the job at our family’s store, where she was hired because Olka sewed like she did everything in life, with full intensity and effort.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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