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useful

[yoos-fuhl] / ˈjus fəl /


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“Why it’s useful isn’t because we care anything about muscles in the forearm,” says Peterson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But he said they’re still useful tools to address homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"The study shows that you can achieve that kind of highly useful precision and accuracy into the historical realm."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

He goes on to emphasize that what Claude found — a previously uncharacterized enzyme system found in viruses that infect bacteria — isn’t necessarily going to be useful.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

She grinned and grinned to show her useful teeth.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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