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reuse

[ree-yooz, ree-yoos] / riˈjuz, riˈjus /


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The company has never recovered the Starship cargo vessel on land for later reuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

That includes using so-called "closed-loop" water systems that reuse resources and so require less fresh liquid.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Tech companies could risk breaching EU copyright when their AI chatbots reuse news articles to generate answers, a top advisor to the bloc’s highest court said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

She said she had already put aside a bag of unwanted costumes at home and welcomed the opportunity for other families to reuse them.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Such reuse of old materials is not unknown, though nobody has ever seen it with a gourd three thousand years old.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

RadixArk’s inference engine reuses KV cache by organizing conversation snippets into a filing system called a Radix tree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

She also reuses the old cards to new ones and has let go of old cassettes and CDs.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

"In the long run, understanding how the brain reuses and recombines knowledge could help us design therapies that restore that process."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2025

She said she reuses the Cheetos in her artwork.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

Like well-run factories, cells are thrifty; part of the cellular machinery chops up and reuses anything that is floating around inside, including bits of the cell and foreign invaders such as viruses.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

A spacecraft that can be fully reused is the "Holy Grail" of the space industry, said Clayton Swope, an aerospace expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

The adviser said cases should focus on whether a chatbot accessed articles unlawfully or reused a publication’s specific form of expression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The results were “very close to the originals: same structure, same hooks reused with light rewording, and full sets of verses/choruses/bridges.”

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

They can be revitalised and reused more quickly than natural surfaces, which could relieve some of the pressure caused by the loss of Pitch Nine.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

But Hephaestus had also said, Everything can be reused.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

The legislation also requires ultra-fast fashion companies to display messages on their websites promoting more moderate consumption, including reusing and repairing clothing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

"By reusing plastic waste that is already in Hawaii, we can reduce the environmental and economic impacts of transporting waste plastics from the islands, incinerating it or dumping it in Hawaii's overflowing landfills."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026

Rubino says she’s aiming to economize as much as possible — and that means everything from buying lower-priced candy in bulk to reusing baskets from previous Easters.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

But Iran has largely abandoned the idea of firing missiles from underground launch locations, according to Eveleth, owing to the technical difficulties of reusing silos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

I don't mind reusing a towel, but if they're charging that much for a hotel, I want my sheets changed every day.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris


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