application
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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
A council spokesperson said the application was refused because of "concerns regarding the sustainability" of the site's location and the "potential impact on neighbouring residents was another consideration".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Immediately after our application for our new apartment was approved, the listing agent who showed us the unit contacted me from a Spectrum email address pitching wifi packages.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
In high school, Becerra convinced a classmate to hand over their unused application to Stanford University rather than throw it away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Driving a friend’s car up to San Francisco, standing around in the poetry sections of bookstores worrying about my application to Hampden.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
Customs and Border Protection had received just over 252,000 refund applications as of July 31 for tariffs declared unlawful by the Supreme Court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
For decades, collagen has served as the gold standard scaffold in many regenerative medical and dental applications.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
"We are making substantial progress towards building a new, AI-empowered Tencent in terms of intelligence, applications, and infrastructure," the firm said in the filing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
A white union leader gushed that organizers “do nothing but take in applications from morning to midnight.”
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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