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[yoo-sij, -zij] / ˈju sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ /


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As competition in the chip space heats up and design timelines compress, companies will need to supplement their design capacity with AI agents, resulting in greater usage of Cadence’s platform, Celino said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

Lower prices or more generous usage allowances need to translate into durable business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The comprehensive analysis of AI usage in the enterprise, now in its fourth year, included 1,416 U.S. enterprise leaders and entry- and mid-level employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Although the way people used their phones appeared especially important for cognitive performance, total usage time was more closely associated with physical consequences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

There was also Ross Milton’s book—the book on English usage.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Token usages are how developers measure and pay for AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

What are some unique butter techniques or usages that some may not be familiar with?

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2024

The notes — which detail pronunciation and vowel usages — reinforced the veracity of the most accurate of the key manuscripts, the Aleppo Codex, he said.

From Washington Times ● May 17, 2023

But anyone who read that understood what Dean was saying—he wasn’t arguing, the Times was not arguing, that in our actual journalism we will prohibit that word under all cases and usages.

From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2021

Galileo and his correspondents happily discuss facts, but there are Italian usages from much earlier, from the 1570s.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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