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 the co-founder and CEO of data-analytics startup Hex Technologies, McCardel has deliberately chosen not to utilize FDEs.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
Because of this, solar cells can only utilize about one-third of incoming sunlight.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
The Big Tech giants joined a coalition that aims to work with U.S. lawmakers and regulators to utilize more of the electric grid and lower costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
“Waiver requests are usually predicated on the supposed lack of U.S.-flag service and, therefore the need to utilize a foreign vessel for what is otherwise transportation reserve to U.S.-flag vessels,” Papavizas added.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
While modern continental peoples included ones dependent on stone tools, as were Polynesians, South America also spawned societies expert in using precious metals, and Eurasians and Africans went on to utilize iron.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
