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In the interim, lawmakers have been charged with studying the development of data centers and examining the total water usage of data centers in the state.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
AI providers including Anthropic and OpenAI, and software companies such as Microsoft and Salesforce, charge enterprise customers, at least in part, by usage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“This life cycle analysis now looks at all different environmental indicators on this — the chemical usage, the water usage, and the end-of-life impacts on that side of things.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Tinder is the most visited dating app, but over the past three years usage has been dropping and it's now only marginally ahead of nearest competitor Hinge.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
In recent years, dictionaries have come to accept a looser usage, meaning “because of” or “on account of”: Richie threw the suit away due to the hole.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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