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- noun Plural form of
applause .
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Examples
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These point typically to activity offstage and dictate not decisive actions but dispersed expressions such as 'Violent applauses from the galleries' or 'Shouts without'
Annotations 2007
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Perhaps many applauses really occured since the majority of Congressman/Congresswoman are allies of Arroyo.
Global Voices in English » Philippines: Reactions to the 9th State of the Nation Address 2009
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NASA, JPL, aerospace corps, and all the individuals who worked on that program deserve standing applauses.
Old Age Could be Getting to Mars Rover Spirit - NASA Watch 2009
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The ad ends with a thank you to the unpaid staff for all their hard work, and the audience, on cue, applauses resoundingly.
Madonna, In Toronto, Denies Telling Volunteers Not To Look At Her Before Press Conference: Report 2011
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I think during McCain/Huckabee rallies, the majority of people showing up will be Huckabee supporters, and I think he will get more ovations and laughs and applauses than McCain will.
Roberts: McCain firing up the grill...and his veep search? 2008
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I don't expect the Rev. Wright army to come to terms with the facts, we are talking about people who give thunderous applauses to their speaker blowing his nose.
McCain to highlight differences with Bush in New Orleans 2008
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“While Government is offering special packages for investors, the people are so hospitable and land so charming that you once visit here will not like to leave”, he said amid repeated applauses.
J&K ideal place for massive investment in development sector: JK CM 2010
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To the cheering applauses of Richard Branson, the former president greets all and opens the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York earlier this week.
Reporters Uncensored: It's All about Commitments at the Clinton Global Initiative 2010
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To the cheering applauses of Richard Branson, the former president greets all and opens the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York earlier this week.
Reporters Uncensored: It's All about Commitments at the Clinton Global Initiative 2010
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To the cheering applauses of Richard Branson, the former president greets all and opens the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York earlier this week.
Reporters Uncensored: It's All about Commitments at the Clinton Global Initiative 2010
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