utilize
Usage
What is another way to say utilize?
Utilize implies practical or profitable use: to utilize the means at hand, a modern system of lighting. The verb use is a general word: to use a telephone; to use a saw and other tools; to use one's eyes; to use eggs in cooking. As applied to persons, use implies some selfish or sinister purpose: to use another to advance oneself. What is used often has depreciated or been diminished, sometimes completely consumed: a used automobile; All the butter has been used.
Example Sentences
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I learned to appreciate where my food came from and how to utilize every ingredient and part of the animal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The rise of influencers in movie marketing feels starker than it did even a decade ago as studios and films utilize anyone with a large following to promote their product.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
There were other features in the app that I didn’t fully utilize, like journal prompts, mood trackers, meditations, and more.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
“They still purchase things. They still utilize equipment. They may rent things from local supply houses.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“If we need to utilize that, I’ll let you know.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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But Mr. Tommasini also utilizes more recent academic scholarship, as well as personal interviews with individuals such as the opera star Leontyne Price, who viewed Anderson as a role model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Every decision is made with careful consideration and appropriately reviewed to ensure that any technology ICE utilizes is consistent with all applicable law enforcement policies and standards," DHS said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Argentine choreographer Gabriela Carrizo makes her debut directing opera and utilizes her alarmingly vibrant Belgian dance company, Peeping Tom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
SpaceX utilizes an industry-dominating launch business to support Starlink and, eventually, its artificial-intelligence wing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
The basic approach utilizes discovery in terms of music learning, and also is synchronous with many of the 21st-century learning approaches discussed in Chapter 1.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Fontaine maintained the best evaluations come when scouting is utilized along with numbers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Kedrosky is troubled that fixed-income investors are piling money into data-center projects backed by hyperscalers without really understanding what is happening in those data centers and whether they are sufficiently utilized.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Egyptians in antiquity engaged in sword combat for warfare, but also for competition — Romans utilized swords in gladiator events, rituals and duels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The photographic technologies utilized begin with daguerreotypes and include stereoscopic prints, a cyanotype, gelatin silver prints, large-format chromogenic works and images created with digital manipulation, neatly demonstrating the show’s long time span.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The earliest farming communities there in the seventh millennium B.C. utilized wheat, barley, and other crops that had been previously domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and that evidently spread to the Indus Valley through Iran.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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If we are fully utilizing the factory, in the medium term, that will create jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
And much like Parsons, Hopper, and the other established columnists of the fan magazine era, there’s a push towards utilizing these same studios to further one’s brand.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Customers are utilizing Falcon Flex, the company’s flexible licensing model, to buy a prepaid balance of funds for use across various modules.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Tokyo pledges that Japan will become "the world's most-friendly country for developing and utilizing AI".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“It’s of no matter. We are not interested in her eyes. We are interested in utilizing her brain.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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