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reuse

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


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To recoup some of their considerable investment, plants break down chlorophyll, then draw its chemical components and other nutrients through the stem and into the trunk and roots for later reuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

And what influenced the decision to reuse them for burial, rather than building new ones?

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Our $220 target is a call on reuse 20–50 flights per vehicle, cheap refurb, fast turnaround,” Wlodarczak said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

In a written statement Llŷr Gruffydd, the sustainability minister, said the appointment marked the "next step" towards improved recycling and reuse.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

“I had the pattern for the piratas and everything. I bought hooks for their hands and was even going to reuse those patches that Merci used to wear for her eye exercises.”

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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

"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

The Falcon 9 holds the record for the highest number of launches and reuses in U.S. history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025

That maximum travel figure rises to 40,118 km overall for two reuses and 72,616km for three.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022

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

The filtered water is reused, and the chips break down with the worm castings into a soil amendment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Known as autophagy, this process collects defective proteins and other cellular waste, packages them into specialized compartments, and breaks them down into basic molecular components that can be reused.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

She acknowledged a need for "sufficient strategic landfill capacity" to be available during the transition process while some materials cannot yet be recycled or reused.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Buyers pay this premium on aluminum every time it is recycled and reused.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Min would add his ideas for the inlay design, reject them angrily, and hand the wood back to her to be wiped and reused.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

"People should be alert to scammers reusing the data and so knowing details such as phone numbers and car registration numbers," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The practice of reusing parts from junked cars is common in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The new device, described in the journal Nature, overcomes this challenge by reusing much of the energy needed to run it.

From Science Daily ● May 5, 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

The looting dates back millennia, with the Inka having ravaged the centers of their predecessors, sometimes reusing art and stonework.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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