The phrase "apply a thing" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to the application of a specific item or concept, but it is better to specify what "thing" refers to for clarity.
Example: "In order to solve the problem, we need to apply a thing that enhances our understanding of the data."
Alternatives: "implement an item" or "utilize a concept".
"I can apply a lot of things from what they said.
Cf. "Nothing is really solid or fluid, absolutely speaking, and everything has a certain degree of solidity or fluidity; which term we apply to a thing derives from the predominant appearance it presents to our senses" (SD 51/AG 1351/AG
It is a fact about the meaning of "cocktail party" and perhaps "homosexual" and "race") that it does not apply to a thing unless it is recognized to do so.
Since that time, because of humans' intrinsic need to apply a structure to amorphous things to give them a semblance of order – things like the web, for example – there have been many attempts to define what "Web 3.0" might be.
But in a nutshell, if you're looking for an annual impact figure, you can only really look at certain things, apply a widely-respected multiplier effect and then everything else is illustrative.
To help things along, apply a small blob of light-reflecting primer and leave for a few moments to set.
And here's the classic false-title problem that we want to avoid — this time applied to a thing instead of a person.
She applies a spotlight to those things in a way I don't think any other writer really does, with this intense, unsentimental and relentless psychological examination of men and women interacting with each other".
It was a means of making money, too, because I couldn't apply for things without a social security number," he said.
In the manifest image persons are very different from mere things; how and why normative assessments apply to things is an important and contentious question within the framework.
