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: application sense 3
a word processing app
especially
: an application designed for a mobile device (such as a smartphone)
Health-insurance companies and government officials alike are drawn to the ability of smartphone apps to reach tough-to-access patients, to effect long-term lifestyle changes, and to do it all at a very low cost. —
Marcellus Hall
see also killer app
Marcellus Hall 2
informal
: appetizer
… the hidden video monitors that tell the cooks when the V.I.P.'s have finished their apps …—Thomas McNamee
Thomas McNamee1
apparatus
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appendix
3
appliance
Examples of app in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebTodd Spangler, Variety, 24 Apr. 2024
TikTok lobbyists—and hundreds of TikTok users—have been in Washington for weeks, making their case to keep the app running.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
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Noun
As a precedent, the legislation’s proponents point to the 2020 sale of dating app Grindr by Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co. to a group of U.S.-based investors, a transaction forced by the U.S. government over concerns about the privacy of the app’s users.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Apr. 2024
TikTok lobbyists—and hundreds of TikTok users—have been in Washington for weeks, making their case to keep the app running.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
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“App.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/app. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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