useful

Example Sentences

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They were useful in the first days of the regime, while power was still being consolidated and shimmers of diversity were helpful.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

No doubt these employees believed they were doing useful work, but there has been little to no outcry about a decline in services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

These genetic features act like evolutionary accelerators, preserving useful traits and speeding up change.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

In particular, Lee argues that concerns about heavy capex investment are unwarranted as Microsoft already has cloud-computing contracts covering the majority of the useful life of the hardware it is buying.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“But only under the condition that I make myself useful around the house,” she told the boys.

From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon