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uses

NOUN

application; employment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adoption benefit handling help need operation practice purpose service treatment usage value

STRONG

account advantage appliance applicability appropriateness avail call capitalization cause convenience custom end exercise exercising exertion fitness good habit helpfulness mileage mobilization necessity object occasion point profit reason relevance serviceability usability usefulness utility way wont worth

WEAK

wear and tear

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disadvantage harm hindrance hurt injury

STRONG

inappropriateness loss unsuitability uselessness

VERB

work with; consume

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept adopt apply control employ exploit handle manage manipulate operate practice run spend utilize wield work

STRONG

bestow capitalize exercise exert exhaust expend govern ply regulate relate waste

WEAK

avail oneself of bring into play bring to bear draw on find a use make do with make the most of make use play on press into service put forth put into action put to use put to work run through set in motion take advantage of turn to account

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease halt leave alone let go mismanage misuse neglect reject renounce repudiate stop

STRONG

save

WEAK

abstain

Example Sentences

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Some 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas uses the crucial waterway whose blockage has send prices soaring.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Telsey Advisory Group’s Joe Feldman uses a 23 times price/earnings multiple for his $295 price target.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Mr. Awoke uses Ekwe as a sojourner to explore these various conflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Echo Park-based artist Eamon Ore-Giron’s “Infinite Landscape: Los Ángeles Para Siempre” uses forced perspective to trick viewers into feeling like they are being pulled in or out of a portal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

I watch through the window as he uses bright yellow paint to draw a large letter G on the back of our hopefully unsinkable, but likely very sinkable, cardboard boat.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam