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app

[ap] / æp /
NOUN
application
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She has talked about how she brought a reclining chair into management team meetings at Meta, where she previously led the Facebook app, to make sure her blood pressure didn’t drop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

PayPal has seen growth in its subsidiary Venmo, a social mobile payment app, and its buy-now-pay-later services.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

ChatGPT maker OpenAI recently said it would shut down its AI video generation app Sora, barely six months after its launch, in a shift towards business tools.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Watch undercard action from 17:00 BST on BBC iPlayer with BBC Two coverage and live text commentary on BBC Sport website & app starting at 20:00.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

And I’d doubted her intentions when she’d had my back during our app presentation.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas