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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Now coach Thomas Randolph is looking to utilize his athleticism and smarts as a receiver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“We hoped that providing data around how much someone saves using a public service would give patrons a sense of ownership to utilize their local library,” Lipinski told me.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
There were other features in the app that I didn’t fully utilize, like journal prompts, mood trackers, meditations, and more.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Treasury is not going to utilize its entire rainy day fund to fund its buyback program. This is not exactly Draghi-esque, a do-whatever-it-takes moment. This is not Ben Bernanke’s bazooka,” Brusuelas said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Now then, Charles,” said Mr. Lemoncello, “would you like to utilize any of your remaining lifelines? Perhaps an Extreme Challenge? An Ask an Expert?”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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The onboard AI utilizes computer vision, allowing the drone to analyze images from its onboard sensors.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
But Mr. Tommasini also utilizes more recent academic scholarship, as well as personal interviews with individuals such as the opera star Leontyne Price, who viewed Anderson as a role model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Every decision is made with careful consideration and appropriately reviewed to ensure that any technology ICE utilizes is consistent with all applicable law enforcement policies and standards," DHS said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Argentine choreographer Gabriela Carrizo makes her debut directing opera and utilizes her alarmingly vibrant Belgian dance company, Peeping Tom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The basic approach utilizes discovery in terms of music learning, and also is synchronous with many of the 21st-century learning approaches discussed in Chapter 1.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Kedrosky is troubled that fixed-income investors are piling money into data-center projects backed by hyperscalers without really understanding what is happening in those data centers and whether they are sufficiently utilized.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
“When we have had complex cases in which a patient required additional anti-venom therapy, we have utilized existing protocols to obtain additional doses from our suppliers,” the statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
“The U.S. has, for a whole variety of reasons, never utilized a technical ‘dead man’s switch,'” historian Garrett Graff, an expert on continuity of government, told the Associated Press.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Studios at the time, noted, it was also “the first time we utilized the whole machine of the company”—all the cross-marketing, product tie-ins, T-shirts and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Both American and foreign students utilized him as their prototype for human development, spiritual dedication, and equality.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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When I came back to this company more than a year ago, I was disappointed that we were not utilizing our Charleston factory more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"The industry is utilizing less than 0.15% of Texas land," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“You can generate more volume and more applications by utilizing AI, but volume in the marketplace is not necessarily what gets you hired,” Link, SHRM’s chief human-resources officer, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
And much like Parsons, Hopper, and the other established columnists of the fan magazine era, there’s a push towards utilizing these same studios to further one’s brand.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
“No. I suspect they’re utilizing pulleys, cables, and counterweights, as is customary.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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