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[uh-plahy] / əˈplaɪ /






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The county won control of the annual homeless count and will apply for federal grants on behalf of homeless service providers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The rates apply even if workers are not paid by the hour.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

He said the new restrictions apply to weapons traveling at 100 miles per hour or more that use SpaceX’s Starshield, which provides services for government and military users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The idea is that the external pressure they apply supports circulation, enhances blood flow to the muscles, and reduces swelling.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

I suppose the word friend would apply to them, too.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

This also has the benefit of side-stepping the genetic mismatch problem, which applies to the corals, not the symbionts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The station promised hyper speeds, but I learned the high-end range applies to high-end cars, not my Kia Niro.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Jackson violated Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1, which applies to “any act which is contrary to the generally understood principles of sportsmanship,” the NFL said in the release announcing the suspension.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The exemption only applies to Florida residents who are permanent and who have applied for what’s called the homestead exemption, and would only count toward non-school taxes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Virtually the same applies in Egyptology, in which the study of the Ptolemaic “late period” has long been the neglected stepchild of a discipline engrossed by the Rameseses and Thut- moses of high antiquity.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

This week’s upcoming Santa Ana winds will provide one of the first major tests of whether Los Angeles has applied those painful lessons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The exemption only applies to Florida residents who are permanent and who have applied for what’s called the homestead exemption, and would only count toward non-school taxes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Li, 28, estimated he has applied for roughly 100 jobs since he started his hunt last fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

At an earlier hearing the same month, Home Office lawyers applied to withhold some information from MI5 being made public at a future inquest due to national security concerns.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The field of ethnomusicology is well positioned to contribute toward multicultural and diversity education, and, after a brief description of ethnomusicology, its tenets will be applied towards an examination of them.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Because awareness focuses more directly on observable behavior, people appear comfortable applying it to both humans and AI.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Those at Chicago thought they were applying price theory to understand how the world worked and make it work better.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

"Employers want you to put your absolute best into the application, but if I'm applying for 10 to 20 jobs in a day, the reality is you can't do that."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

“We do have to keep applying pressure, but we’ve got to find a way to break through.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

I feel kind of good filling out the form, like I’m applying to a special academy.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini




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