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useful

[yoos-fuhl] / ˈjus fəl /


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Stryker argued the now-abandoned study was structurally incapable of producing useful evidence.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

That makes the method especially useful when the original properties of nanoparticles must remain unchanged.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

To make it useful, Bending Spoons made it more scientific.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

“Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way,” Meta added in its decision to pull the feature.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

“Dear me, an index would have come in useful here . . . cannibals, cannibals . . . I see there are quite a few mentions, but nothing particularly about fire. . . .”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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