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usable

[yoo-zuh-buhl] / ˈju zə bəl /


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Its chip-manufacturing technology is gaining traction with customers and producing better yields, he said, referring to the amount of usable chips that come from a single wafer.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Boyle Heights resident Margarita Amador, the neighborhood council’s secretary, said she wants the park to be “protected, safe and usable for the community.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

More broadly, the model estimated that roughly 85% of usable energy came from the upper gastrointestinal tract, while approximately 15% came from the lower gastrointestinal tract, where microbes are especially important.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

But why does that surplus exist, and why can perfectly usable clothing be so difficult to pass on?

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

For ten hours a day, six days a week, they disassemble massive forging presses and stack the usable metal in crates to be loaded onto train cars.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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