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use

[yooz, yoost, yoos] / yuz, yust, yus /


NOUN
custom
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Usage

What is another way to say use? 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. Utilize implies practical or profitable use: to utilize the means at hand, a modern system of lighting.

Example Sentences

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They may use their own or their families’ savings, qualify for industry-based scholarships, take out personal bank loans, load debt onto credit cards or rely on government-backed student loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

"Insurance companies love to use long documents, policies with wording that doesn't make any sense, that get you bogged down, so by the time you start reading it, you feel like you can't finish."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

This story may be one of direct market competition, but Ulz sees tremendous potential for the broad use of plozasiran, particularly among patients at high risk of pancreatitis.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Much of the disagreement between employees and management concerned not only pay but the use of technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Eventually she regained the use of her arms and legs enough to be able to move about with assistance, though her hands would never again hold her crochet hook or knitting needles.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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