usefully
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In its willingness to usefully engage with our everyday ugliness, “The Drama” is the boldest mainstream American film in years.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
The strategy usefully highlights the importance of removing malign interests from the hemisphere—albeit without mentioning Russia or China or Cuba as those influences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
"However, it has not been known whether the physics of active matter can be applied usefully in the quantum regime. We wanted to fill in that gap."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
Paradoxically, to the extent the law can be usefully deployed as a tactic, the 14th Amendment itself is a tactical enterprise that exists to protect us from tyranny.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2024
Hofstede argued, for example, that cultures can be usefully distinguished according to how much they expect individuals to look after themselves.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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