Apply
Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.
Be applied and apply are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Be applied" instead a verb "Apply".
Be applied
Apply and be applied are semantically related. You can use "Apply" instead a verb phrase "Be applied".
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- The hack uses its own patch file made specifically for EarthBound and can't be applied with an ISP patcher, and instead requires its own patcher to apply it and play.
Source: Video Game / Hallows End - He also has the song "Sort of a Protest Song", which isn't really against anything in particular, but can be applied to the general apathy modern people apply to third-world problems.
Source: Protest Song -
There's a few ways for the character to apply the Evil Eyeshadow: there's always some on the eyelid accompanied with mascara to darken and lengthen the eye lashes, and the "excessive" extra can be applied as upper or lower eyeshadow... or both to go the extra villainous mile.
Source: Excessive Evil Eyeshadow
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