APPLIES (ONESELF) Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

applies (oneself)

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present tense third-person singular of apply (oneself)

as in hammers (away)

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Following the events of 1989, mourners would converge on the same day every year in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district, to attend a vigil that filled multiple soccer pitches in the neighborhood’s Victoria Park with candlelight.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Glasnow walked two, didn’t give up a hit and threw 67 pitches in 3⅔ innings.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2026

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