application
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The Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center, a nonprofit that spent months fighting the county in court, filed the emergency application.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
In July, Lilly said it was preparing application materials for retatrutide to treat obesity, knee osteoarthritis pain and sleep apnea, following data from two Phase 3 trials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The effects of boosting rainfall through cloud seeding remain uncertain, its consequences difficult to measure, and its large-scale application costly.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The move will accelerate the disability application process for individuals that meet the statutory standard for disability benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s important to remember that once your adjustment-of-status application is pending, you will not be subjected to random deportation unless you commit a crime.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
The complaint stated that between Jan. 2, 2024, and March 31, 2025, the Sheriff’s Department received almost 4,000 applications for new concealed carry licenses, but issued only two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The university said that, for the first time, it had received more than 100,000 applications this year – an increase of 13%.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Perhaps the transformative AI applications simply haven’t arrived yet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Fuel oil, used by households for heating and in various industrial applications, was up 39.1 percent from the year before.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“After waiting for days and nights, we discovered no more applications were being taken.”
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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