usage

Example Sentences

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It found that interest rate caps often produced unintended consequences, such as substantially slowed credit growth and higher usage fees.

From Barron's

The move reflects the decline in cash usage, and saves the government money: Each one-cent piece had cost 3.7 cents to make.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Leavitt’s usage, “transparency” has become a form of Orwellian “doublespeak,” a word or phrase which through the process of “doublethink” had come to encompass its exact opposite meaning.

From Salon

Dr Jay also notes that some high-profile people are turning against social media - though she says there is not yet much evidence of a significant fall in usage among young adults.

From BBC

According to research firm Nielsen, streaming services overtook traditional TV—cable and broadcast—in total usage for the first time ever in May.

From Barron's