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usage

[yoo-sij, -zij] / ˈyu sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ /
NOUN
habit, custom
Synonyms
STRONGEST
management
STRONG
acceptance control convention currency form formula habitude handling method mode operation practice praxis procedure regime regulation rote routine rule running tradition treatment trick use way wont
WEAK
matter of course
Antonyms
STRONG
disagreement disorganization ignorance mismanagement

Example Sentences

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And now, royalty checks arrive for the usage of her songs in films like “The Drama.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

ServiceNow has shifted to a hybrid model in which customers pay for usage of its platform as well as seats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Straight vertical expectations for memory-chip demand took a hit late last month when researchers at Alphabet subsidiary Google claimed they could “compress AI memory usage to one-sixth” with a new technology called TurboQuant.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

And another comment stated that the impact wasn't just on Claude Code, saying "A simple one sentence reply to a conversation just took me from 59% usage to 100%. How??"

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Dictionaries now accept this usage, a development I find discomforting. discreet/discrete.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.