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Touch screens regularly finding applications (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uses

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'applications' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for uses that I've seen before include "deployments" , "Functions, applications" , "Puts into service" , "manipulates" , "'Purposes, functions (4)'" .)

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