Applied
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- He always denied his Middle-earth works to be an allegory of anything, but said that because they were just so archetypical and universal (literally a lost mythology), their stories and themes could be compared and applied to many real-life/historical/fictional stories and issues.
Source: Applicability - This policy can be applied to entire worlds with billions of people on them, and is still considered the humane solution compared to what might happen otherwise.
Source: Awful Truth -
See Cosmetically Different Sides, when it's applied to more than a select few units, and Underground Monkey, when the later versions are stronger, but not when compared to the heroes.
Source: Separate, but Identical
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