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useful

[yoos-fuhl] / ˈjus fəl /


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British diplomats view the Commonwealth as a useful forum for conversations with developing countries, and, crucially, one that does not involve China, America or Russia.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

If I tell you these races are all ahead, I may not be giving you useful information for you.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Burger said he was confident the experience would prove useful in his own traditional wrestling.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

While higher energies make it easier to create the hot, dense conditions needed for quark-gluon plasma, lower-energy experiments may be more useful for determining precisely when those conditions are no longer sufficient.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

So, instead, I told him about my frustration and my desire to do something – anything – useful with my life.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler


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