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apply

[uh-plahy] / əˈplaɪ /






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He said we still could apply to receive public money this school year, but as a vendor providing educational services such as tutoring.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

The National Trust is a charity and receives no guaranteed government money, although it can apply for project grants from public bodies and lottery funds.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Broadly worded constitutional provisions can be regarded as delegating a degree of authority to apply those provisions to new situations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Or, the justices could narrow them -- allowing Colorado for example to apply its state law only to emissions within the state.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Sadly, her arrival was too late to apply some science to the situation.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The same £100,000 threshold applies to the government's tax-free childcare scheme, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Researchers will need to study a wider range of superconducting materials to determine how broadly this relationship applies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Judge Ozzi’s order requires the city to take down the list and instead post one that properly sorts properties by whether the tax applies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Wage-earners and self-employed people pay the Medicare tax, and a parallel 3.8% tax applies to investment income in high-income households.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In my new Remake Room in Special Defense, my prep team slaps me into my Mockingjay suit, arranges my hair, and applies minimal makeup before my coffee’s even cooled.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Establishing the Curiosity Academy was so simple — and, frankly, a bit anticlimactic — that reporters then applied to become eligible to receive public funds.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

And it applied for offense, defense and special teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

When the researchers applied Orion to all five conditions, they found that genetic changes that initially looked largely unrelated could connect to the same regulatory networks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The same logic can be applied to the retention of their current squad.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Penelope had read all the etiquette books in the Swanburne library, but she could not recall a rule that applied specifically to this situation.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Thursday's changes may prevent some people from applying for permanent residency but should not immediately push anyone out of the country.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Because these tissues also contain a large amount of water, applying an electric potential can change their pH.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

Successful applicants for the Home Heating Oil Support Scheme, external expected to receive a payment card within 10 working days of applying.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

They also should plan to receive any gift funds for a down payment at least 60 days before applying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“I can answer your question,” said Fitzwilliam, “without applying to him. It is because he will not give himself the trouble.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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