utilize
Usage
What is another way to say utilize?
Utilize implies practical or profitable use: to utilize the means at hand, a modern system of lighting. 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.
Example Sentences
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The Rams have utilized sets featuring as many as three tight ends.
From Los Angeles Times
Jorie Johnson, a financial planner at Financial Futures, said clients anticipating a bonus before the end of the year have been asking about utilizing the megabackdoor Roth.
From MarketWatch
Nvidia executives specifically pushed back against suggestions that the usable life of its chips was being artificially extended by customers to avoid depreciation expenses, noting hardware sold six years ago is still being fully utilized.
From Barron's
“By extorting innocent people, they can utilize the money to buy weapons,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Through my work as a healthcare researcher and innovator, I directly see thousands of patients across the U.S. struggling to utilize the health-insurance system, which routinely fails them at the darkest moments in their lives.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
