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usage

[yoo-sij, -zij] / ˈju sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ /


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The paucity of water has pressured communities along the river to make painful decisions about where to cut back their water usage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

For now, investors will be interested in hearing about Muse usage trends, especially whether consumers are willing to open their wallets for the agent.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Daily AI usage among respondents ranked manager or above rose 16 percentage points from last year to 62%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Although the way people used their phones appeared especially important for cognitive performance, total usage time was more closely associated with physical consequences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

In Ionia, the Phoenician alphabet was first adapted to Greek usage and widespread literacy became possible.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Token usages are how developers measure and pay for AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

What are some unique butter techniques or usages that some may not be familiar with?

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2024

The Northern Quarter is a "lively, vibrant" area, but as "Manchester is evolving", its "usages are changing", which means the area can now be considered mixed use, the judge said.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024

The notes — which detail pronunciation and vowel usages — reinforced the veracity of the most accurate of the key manuscripts, the Aleppo Codex, he said.

From Washington Times ● May 17, 2023

So how can we reconcile the conviction that certain usages are wrong with the absence of any authority that ever decided what was right?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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