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Example Sentences
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If you’re not a U.S. citizen, there are a few conditions that apply.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
She is banned indefinitely but can apply to have this reviewed after two years.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
In the abstract, the pope’s words might apply to any number of leaders, including Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
However, their affiliated fundraising arms – including those supporting athletics – are set up as separate nonprofit foundations and typically need to apply for and receive that designation.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
This would not have puzzled Duhem, who specifically formulated his thesis to address modern physics; he acknowledged that it did not apply, for example, to nineteenth-century biology.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.