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used to

adjective as in familiar with

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adverb as in accustomed to

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Legislation to remove peerages has not been introduced since 1917, when it was used to strip titles from "enemies" of the UK during World War One.

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"That last guy we used to play soccer with," he tells the BBC, "and the one in the middle, he's a musician, I know him from el-Fasher."

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Yet for now, the participants are enjoying just having the chance to play a sport that used to be reserved for boys.

Such arguments, they say, can be used to justify the criminalization of minority groups or silence dissent.

The carpool lane perk was an incentive used to promote the adoption of clean and zero-emission vehicles in California.

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