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drawing on

VERB

use to advantage

Synonyms

WEAK

effect employ exploit extract fall back on have recourse to make use of rely on require take from

Example Sentences

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The English group’s second album is a work of unclassifiable but bracingly original music, drawing on post-rock, jazz, folk, reggae and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"In five years' time, we hope to be able to have a wide range of ingredients" drawing on the company's fermentation platform, says Daryl Pek, a cofounder of Mottainai Food Tech.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Blockaders even developed a legal argument to justify their actions, drawing on the common law defense of necessity, which allows someone to break a law to achieve a greater moral good.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

The Reggio Emilia philosophy was developed by Italian educator Loris Malaguzzi after World War II, drawing on his years of experience working in early childhood education as well as psychology.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

I turned quickly to tell Amil and saw him drawing on some newspaper advertisements that Dadi gave him.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani