Example Sentences

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Just look at the data: Approximately 37% of job seekers are applying to more jobs than ever, but they are hearing back less from those companies, according to Linkedin.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

For colleges, it’s harder than ever to predict who will enroll because students are applying to more schools.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Its head, Chris Brown, puts it more bluntly, saying industrialised countries like Germany, which is actively supporting the green hydrogen projects, are applying double standards.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Scientists who worked on self-driving cars in Silicon Valley are applying their mathematical formulas to critical-mineral discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

If they use another of the many available products, they are applying 175 pounds of metallic arsenic to the acre.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson