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make use

VERB
use
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adopt apply employ handle manage operate practice run spend utilize wield work
STRONG
capitalize capitalize on consume deplete exercise exert exhaust expend occupy ply squander take waste
WEAK
avail oneself of bring into play bring to bear draw on find a use make do with make the most of play on press into service put forth put into action put to use put to work run through turn to account
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cease halt leave alone let go mismanage misuse neglect reject renounce repudiate stop
STRONG
save
WEAK
abstain

Example Sentences

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Underemployment among recent grads—which measures people holding jobs that don’t make use of their skills or degrees or don’t offer full employment—also edged down consistently over the past four months to 41.5% in March.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

“But I do know that it had changed things, and we could make use of that.”

From Slate • May 1, 2026

Most people make use of about two choices, with 58% investing in a single target-date fund.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

It is IBM’s second-largest deal in history, and aims to give businesses a way to make use of their old-school IT systems and data in the AI era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

It was his grandfather, recently dead, who had started to make use of the Red Room.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill