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used to



ADVERB
accustomed to
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Location data is any kind of data which can be used to infer a person's location.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

How’m I doin’? as another controversial, larger than life New Yorker used to ask.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Those channels can also hold extremely thin metal wires used to measure electrical activity in the brain.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

Damon Krukowski, a musician and the legislative director at United Musicians & Allied Workers, said the deals so far don’t seem to benefit working-class musicians and could be used to cut them out entirely.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

She did her best to be kind to us, and tolerant, but she was used to living alone, and sometimes, I think, she found it difficult to hide her irritation with us.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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