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use

[yooz, yoost, yoos] / juz, just, jus /


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.

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It’s the use case for crypto, not speculative meme coins.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

Once people love a jar rather than merely use it, corporate ownership can start to feel less like a business transaction than someone acquiring custody of a family recipe.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2026

"We're asked for fossils for use in destructive analysis all the time," Chiappe said.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

From Sunday, passengers whose train had been cancelled can use another operator's service two hours either side of their train to get to their destination at no extra cost, it added.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

But she did give in and use her tribal citizenship twice: Once to help pay for grad school.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

We passed the little green rowing boat he uses to go to the island to visit her, and walked to what he calls The Temple.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

Every time, she uses the Aqua Voice app.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

That unusual ability could have practical uses in several fields.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

That is, Saylor uses investors’ fiat currencies to buy Bitcoin.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

“Secret formula. My mother uses it on her hands, and it always works,” I told her.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

Fawley said he enjoyed "sending up colleagues" and that they "secretly used to like it".

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

This type of operation suggests AI can now be used to “produce, adapt and distribute content with minimal human interaction,” the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

According to the study, this changing political environment may have made it easier for the sect to abandon its previously rigid position and adopt the more practical calendar used at the Temple.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

That night, Mom used the Rao’s in my grandmother’s baked spaghetti.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2026

My vision blurry, I find my way outside to the terrace and sit at the table Mr. Harris and I used to sit at, back when he was feeling well enough to go outside.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Thanks to special pricing at a Disney-owned hotel and discounts for using a Disney-branded Visa credit card, Doug Heyden Jr.’s family went to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom for the first time this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration cleared the 250-foot structure Friday, finding it would not pose a substantial hazard to aircraft using nearby Reagan National Airport.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2026

"That's the basis of using the isotopes as a thermometer," Eagle said.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

Then this week, China carried out four launches within 48 hours using multiple providers, including LandSpace and the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

From MarketWatch Sep. 20, 2026

I did not know about using a head lamp, did not know that the dogs ran better at night.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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