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have recourse to

VERB

consume

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absorb deplete devour dominate drain eat up employ exhaust expend obsess preoccupy spend waste

STRONG

apply dissipate drivel engross finish go lavish lessen monopolize squander trifle utilize vanish

WEAK

avail oneself of finish up fritter away frivol away go through profit by put away put to use run out of run through throw away wash up wear out

Antonyms

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fill save

STRONG

appear create hoard

WEAK

accumulate build collect construct fast gather neglect not use starve store

VERB

draw on

Synonyms

WEAK

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

VERB

invoke

Synonyms

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apply enforce resort to

STRONG

effect implement initiate use

WEAK

call in

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore neglect

VERB

treat

Synonyms

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conduct consider deal with employ evaluate handle hold look upon manage play regard respect serve take use

STRONG

account appraise estimate negotiate rate value wield

WEAK

act with regard to conduct oneself toward have business with have to do with react toward

Antonyms

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abandon abstain disbelieve disregard fail ignore leave let go mismanage misuse neglect receive refuse reject stop

WEAK

harm hurt injure

VERB

utilize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apply appropriate employ exploit handle promote resort to take advantage of

STRONG

advance bestow exercise forward further use

WEAK

avail oneself of profit by put to use turn to account

Antonyms

STRONGEST

misuse

STRONG

cease halt hinder impede stop

Example Sentences

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The former mayor now faces "permanent sanctions," though he does have recourse to challenge the move.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2021

Does a reformed individual have recourse to see a bad act deleted from the cloud?

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2019

Like social workers and others who work in care, foster care workers should be remunerated properly, treated fairly, and have recourse to due process.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2016

They also say that communities still have recourse to action through the courts.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2015

‘The treatment of natural things differs greatly from that of other sciences...In the explanation of natural causes, we must necessarily have recourse to a different kind of principle, called “hypothesis” or “supposition”.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

have recourse to

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