usefully

Example Sentences

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Of course, the suggestion was unserious but it usefully if frontally undressed a reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

"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

Parisi is far more lively when talking about how science imperfectly, but usefully, models reality.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2023

What I hope will become clear from this book is that one can usefully combine a descriptive and prescriptive approach to what is happening to this single aspect of the language.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author