The phrase "applications has become" is not correct in written English due to subject-verb agreement issues.
It can be used if corrected to "applications have become," which is appropriate when discussing the evolution or change of multiple applications.
Example: "In recent years, applications have become essential tools for communication and productivity."
Alternatives: "applications have evolved" or "applications have transformed."
Making sure that every Japanese company had enough of every chemical compound of the correct purity for its manufacturing applications has become more difficult as the Chinese interruption in shipments has dragged on.
Mr. Chung said that the medium of the loop — either in a GIF, a short clip posted to Vine, or Instagram photo- and video-sharing applications — has become a crucial framework for transmitting information.
Selling compelling data applications has become the obsession of every European and U.S. wireless carrier.
Therefore scalability of e-commerce web applications has become an important issue.
Today, the use of micropiles for different applications has become very common.
Automation introduction in hospital applications has become increasingly important in recent years.
Internet and mobile applications have become a ubiquitous part of gay life, with apps like Scruff becoming an integral part of how we stay connected.
As Web-based applications have become more robust and reliable, confidence has risen as well, but services are not bulletproof.
"Oracle's database and e-business applications have become the software standard for the Internet," said Larry Ellison, the company's co-founder and chief executive.
To complicate matters further, says Jon Dudas, the director of the USPTO, patent applications have become more complex as well as more numerous: some applications contain thousands of claims.
In a world where applications have become a major selling point for mobile devices, the number of apps available for BlackBerry phones is in the tens of thousands, compared with the hundreds of thousands for Android and Apple devices.
