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use

[yooz, yoost, yoos] / juz, just, jus /


NOUN
custom
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Usage

What is another way to say use? The verb use is a general word: to use a telephone; to use a saw and other tools; to use one's eyes; to use eggs in cooking. As applied to persons, use implies some selfish or sinister purpose: to use another to advance oneself. What is used often has depreciated or been diminished, sometimes completely consumed: a used automobile; All the butter has been used. Utilize implies practical or profitable use: to utilize the means at hand, a modern system of lighting.

Example Sentences

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The potential new owners would have been able to use them as they wished.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Several have enacted laws regulating AI’s use in therapy, including mental-health chatbots, citing concerns that users can develop dangerous dependencies on the bots and that the technology has advanced quickly without sufficient guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Because these explosions reach nearly the same intrinsic brightness, astronomers use them as "standard candles": by comparing their actual brightness with how bright they appear from Earth, researchers can calculate their distance.

From Science Daily • Jun. 29, 2026

Flikr Fire, which was previously sold on Amazon, is a round personal fireplace that is sold to consumers for indoor or outdoor use.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

He made a deal with me that I could use his dock and canoes whenever I wanted if I helped him in the office on the weekends.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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