utilitarian
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Since the 2000s the city's planners have been preoccupied with building more utilitarian infrastructure, with new sea bridges and coastal roads, radically transforming how the city looks today.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The Metro report cautioned the concepts “are in the early planning stage,” so L.A. might get an extravagant walking path, a utilitarian one, or none at all.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
But as prediction markets become more popular, the companies running them are leaning into something that many observers say looks less utilitarian and more like straight-up gambling.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025
Breakfast suddenly feels like a small, personal ritual rather than a hurried, utilitarian task.
From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025
My costume for traveling was utilitarian if a trifle bizarre.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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