1
: 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
2
appendix
3
appliance
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Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
Iran struck Amazon Web Services data centers in the Middle East in early March, causing outages in a number of apps and digital services in the United Arab Emirates.
—Luke Fountain,azhar Sukri, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
This was fueled in large part by new mobile apps dedicated to bringing the betting table directly to consumers and aggressive marketing campaigns from online gambling companies.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app).
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Noun
Once connected, the app offered a brief overview of how to best use the scale and the option to sync with third-party health apps.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
Iran struck Amazon Web Services data centers in the Middle East in early March, causing outages in a number of apps and digital services in the United Arab Emirates.
—Luke Fountain,azhar Sukri, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
This was fueled in large part by new mobile apps dedicated to bringing the betting table directly to consumers and aggressive marketing campaigns from online gambling companies.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app).
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
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