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“It’s one of the most used-up chord sequences in the history of music,” Lanois says of “Make You Feel’s” descending progression.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2023

With much of the planet already "used-up", the world has hard choices to make over how to use land in the most sustainable and effective way.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2022

Heizer, who is given to playful lamentation, complains about what New York is turning him into: “A decaffeinated, used-up, once-was quick-draw cowboy, a sissy boy who eats at Balthazar for lunch.”

From The New Yorker Aug. 22, 2016

In Slate, Laura Kipnis complained that, “Here is someone who wants to be unshackled from convention, but is tied to such used-up ideas.”

From Slate Apr. 23, 2015

Her makazins protected Deydey’s used-up ones, nuzzled them together, and seemed to be watching over and soothing away the many dangers of his footsteps.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich




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