Apply and Claim

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Apply

Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.

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Claim is a synonym for apply in request topic. In some cases you can use "Claim" instead a verb "Apply", when it comes to topics like ask, enquire after.

Nearby Words: application, applied, applicable, applying

Claim

Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

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Apply is a synonym for claim. Sometimes you can use "Apply" instead a verb "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

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power	apply power	claim power
name	apply name	claim name
status	apply status	claim status
time	apply time	claim time
Other words: powers.

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However, even in countries where statutory rape laws do not exist or apply only for much younger age groups, some claim the difference is just sophistry.

Source: Ephebophile
At least it took place in a simulated reality where the laws of physics didn't have to apply; few other movies using this trope can claim that.

Source: Gun Kata
Abiding by The Tigger Movie Roo could apply for this trope as well (only the Disney adaption can lay claim to "the Whoopty-Dooper Loopty-Looper Alley-Ooper Bounce" at least).

Source: Adaptational Badass / Western Animation

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Claim and Apply. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/claim

Apply & Claim. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/claim>.

Claim or Apply. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/claim.

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