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[uh-plahy] / əˈplaɪ /






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Take the number of people each week who apply for unemployment benefits: The number who sought benefits in mid-August fell to an extremely low 169,786.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty and is challenging the government’s claim that antifraud laws written for financial derivatives apply to prediction markets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

By the way, if the governor and/or the developer would like to explain to me why the rules shouldn’t apply in this one case, I’m available.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Astronomers will use those observations to build large catalogs and then apply physical models to determine what those catalogs reveal about the structure and evolution of the universe.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

“I just meant to hold your tie. I never meant to apply pressure.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Bleiker now applies the findings to the development of curriculum interventions and early mathematics programs.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

This applies only to the A.I.-generated search results summary and not to chatbots, which are inclined to give users the answers they want.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

The review, external of the most recent and best quality evidence to date applies to regulated vapes that are checked for quality and compliant with strict safety laws.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

That program also applies to post-production, but only if 75% of filming or the overall budget is spent in the state.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

The same pattern perhaps applies to Ethiopia, where wheat, barley, and other Southwest Asian crops have been cultivated for a long time.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

In total, it was the biggest scholarship she received from any of the roughly 20 colleges she applied to.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

The 7th Circuit didn’t buy it: Indiana’s law applied to doctors who provided information and referrals, and that had everything to do with speech.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

Laws regarding subcontractors are applied differently to private and public projects.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Sunwoo has also developed and applied to patent a method for producing and expanding large numbers of the modified cells, technically known as cytotoxic tissue-resident natural killer cells.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

Jonah wondered if that also applied to boys opening locked safes and looking at secret papers.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

There is something appealing about applying this same approach to the biological clock.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2026

These include keeping soil permanently covered, applying compost, using more diverse crop rotations and reducing the use of mineral fertilizers and pesticides.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

Instead of suiting up for the Buckeyes, he settled for applying to be a student assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Deng conducted an experiment in China applying image recognition to strawberry pollination, work he said could theoretically cut the labor the crop demands.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

It doesn’t stop me from sneaking in some use of my hacked phone and glasses, of course—but it has kept me from applying for any real job I can do well.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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