usefully

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“His mind was, from what I could see, largely undisciplined, which is how he could make these connections so unexpectedly and usefully, but not always usefully,” Crocker said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

"However, it has not been known whether the physics of active matter can be applied usefully in the quantum regime. We wanted to fill in that gap."

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

Paradoxically, to the extent the law can be usefully deployed as a tactic, the 14th Amendment itself is a tactical enterprise that exists to protect us from tyranny.

From Slate • Jan. 19, 2024

Parisi is far more lively when talking about how science imperfectly, but usefully, models reality.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2023

Hofstede argued, for example, that cultures can be usefully distinguished according to how much they expect individuals to look after themselves.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell