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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.

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A cooling kit is not mandatory, but any driver who chooses not to use it has to carry 5kg of ballast in their car to ensure he does not have a competitive advantage.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

TCIP3 is not yet ready for use in people.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

They use mathematical models to predict where markets are going and take pride in removing emotion from investment decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The new Surface Ultra will use Nvidia's state-of-the-art AI chip, RTX Spark, which the semiconductor giant announced earlier this year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

It was very easy to use the wrong one and have everyone hissing at you like a car with four slashed tires.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The system uses a cooling tank and pump, usually situated in the car's nose, that delivers a cooled liquid, such as glycol, through a system of pipes in a fireproof top worn under their overalls.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

To accomplish this, they turned to a technique known as chemically induced proximity, which uses chemical connections to bring together molecules that normally interact only rarely, if at all.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Under the agreement, the company would also replace thousands of body-worn cameras, supply new Tasers, provide cloud video storage, and roll out a program that uses artificial intelligence to assist officers in writing police reports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

"It's safe, biodegradable and nucleates ice at a higher efficiency than silver iodide," says Li, whose company currently uses silver iodide to seed clouds in several US states.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Ivan has special permission to use magic,” Anya said, “and he uses the staff for magic. So he should get it back.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

"We used structural studies and biophysical measurements to determine that TCIP3 acts as a kind of molecular glue, anchoring these proteins together," Gourisankar said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Samsung, its South Korean rival SK hynix and US giant Micron dominate the global market for HBM -- advanced chips used in AI data centres alongside other powerful data-crunching semiconductors.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

“But we could not attest to that if we had used Fable, so we just never used it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Dolly Parton’s estate is alleging that Bryan Seaver, the country icon’s nephew and former head of security, used a “no trespassing” sign and barbed wire to avoid being served legal documents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

His real name was Herman Sluring; Pickwick was the name Betsie and I used between ourselves because he looked so incredibly like the illustrator’s drawing in our copy of Dickens.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Trump said at the Oval Office on Wednesday that Secret Service officials first suggested the idea of using the golf club as a presidential retreat, and that he thinks it is "a great idea".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The researchers are using bivalent, or two-headed, molecules to redirect the activity of cancer-driving proteins instead of merely blocking them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Two Saudi officials familiar with the matter said the Yemeni group has been using missiles to target the kingdom’s airports this week including the airports in Riyadh and Abha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Investors are aggressively betting on a sudden turnaround in interest rates, and they’re using call options on exchange-traded funds tied to utilities stocks and long-dated Treasury bonds to do it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

A few yards behind Phineas, a group of his men are using a hand-cranked derrick crane to hoist a large piece of rock.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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