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use

[yooz, yoost, yoos] / yuz, yust, yus /


NOUN
custom
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Usage

What is another way to say use? The verb use is a general word: to use a telephone; to use a saw and other tools; to use one's eyes; to use eggs in cooking. As applied to persons, use implies some selfish or sinister purpose: to use another to advance oneself. What is used often has depreciated or been diminished, sometimes completely consumed: a used automobile; All the butter has been used. Utilize implies practical or profitable use: to utilize the means at hand, a modern system of lighting.

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But of the roughly 380 permit applications processed last year, none was denied, according to Peter Gill, executive director of the Land Use Review Board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

"You're able to do two things that are normally not compatible with one another: Use entanglement to build an exquisitely sensitive sensor but also have robustness to arbitrarily large amounts of noise," Clerk said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Ease of Use Pick an interface that matches your comfort level.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Before Spikevax became available under an Emergency Use Authorization in December 2020, Moderna’s largest revenue driver wasn’t a product, but collaboration agreements and grants.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Her parents had given her three instructions: Use the secret doors.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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