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• n  the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
  he advocated the application of statistics to the problem
  a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis
• n  a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
  December 31 is the deadline for applications
• n  the work of applying something;
  the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine
  a complete bleach requires several applications
• n  a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
  he has tried several different word processing applications
• n  liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin
• n  a diligent effort
  it is a job requiring serious application
• n  the action of putting something into operation
  the application of maximum thrust
  massage has far-reaching medical applications
  the application of indexes to tables of data

• That's because so many tech firms buoyed by ads placed in Web-based applications like the Google Docs word processor and the thousands of apps on Facebook can now afford to .
• And there a lot of different applications that are going to be developed to allow people to share information in different ways.
• PTI's Jeremy Caplan sorts through 800 iPhone applications to sort the gems from the junk.

• practical application
• coating
• covering
• application program
• applications programme
• lotion
• diligence

News & Articles

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• Pfizer Announces FDA Acceptance for Review of Application to Expand Labeling for XELJANZ® (tofacitinib citrate) for ...
  Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review a supplemental New Drug Application for the XELJANZ® rheumatoid arthritis indication seeking expansion of the label to include inhibition of progression of structural damage.
  June 21, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Research and Markets: Global Next Generation Telecom Application Server Market Report 2013 - Oracle, IBM, Broadsoft ...
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Next Generation Telecom Application Server Market 201
  June 21, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Application deadline nears for George Fox University's Full-Time MBA program
  NEWBERG, Ore., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The final application date for those interested in enrolling in a Master of Business Administration program that takes under a year to complete have ...
  June 19, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• David Petraeus in Buenos Aires Herald
  I am keenly aware of concerns by some of our troopers on the ground about the application of our rules of engagement and the tactical directive. They should know that I will look very hard at this issue,Petraeus said.
• Anthony Kennedy in The Associated Press
  The patent application here can be rejected under our precedents on the unpatentability of abstract ideas,Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the court. "The court, therefore, need not define further what constitutes a patentable process."
• Jim Balsillie in Washington Post
  The key thing is to play the enabling card to all the music stores that are out there,Balsillie said. "It would make as much sense for me to create my music store as it would be me to create my own e-mail application to compete with Yahoo...