applicability
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- nonapplicability noun
- unapplicability noun
Etymology
Origin of applicability
Example Sentences
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He reinterprets even Lincoln’s best-known private and public writings with unerring applicability and deploys a surprising number of observations that contemporaries shared with each other about Lincoln—tidbits that have largely escaped notice by other scholars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Finnish Customs said it was still investigating "the applicability of EU sanctions legislation to this case."
From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026
By emphasizing observable symptoms and illness trajectories rather than culturally bound categories, dimensional approaches offer universal applicability while respecting local contexts and experiences.
From Science Daily • Oct. 14, 2025
As the court explained, “that language is expansive and unqualified, confirming applicability to every such person.”
From Slate • Jul. 9, 2025
In biology there is a principle of powerful if imperfect applicability called recapitulation: in our individual embryonic development we retrace the evolutionary history of the species.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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