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.
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And yet, the film fails to utilize either to its advantage, wasting great talent and a halfway-decent premise on mind-numbing dialogue, repetitive plotting and dour lighting.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Treasury is not going to utilize its entire rainy day fund to fund its buyback program. This is not exactly Draghi-esque, a do-whatever-it-takes moment. This is not Ben Bernanke’s bazooka,” Brusuelas said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
And yes, Swain told me, many predictive data sources that relied on physics-based modeling now utilize a “blend” of physics-based and machine learning/artificial intelligence methods.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Waymo’s self-driving vehicles, which utilize cameras, sensors and lidar, have driven more than 220 million fully autonomous miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I absorb electrical energy directly and utilize it with an almost one hundred percent efficiency.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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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
Tresnjak’s production, which utilizes the 1956 adaptation by Maurice Valency, centers on the small town of Güllen, which is facing financial ruin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Flatbed trucking, which utilizes trailers with no roof or sides to haul heavy and often odd-size equipment, are at the center of the data-center boom.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Gleich, who was also Utah’s democratic nominee for Senate in 2024, utilizes her online platform of nearly 400,000 combined followers to raise awareness about the Stratos project.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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“On average companies are aiming for 60% to 80% of your time being utilized for work during the day,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The company has also utilized mergers and acquisitions to bolster its cybersecurity offerings, closing acquisitions for Veza and Armis earlier this year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
“When we have had complex cases in which a patient required additional anti-venom therapy, we have utilized existing protocols to obtain additional doses from our suppliers,” the statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
“The U.S. has, for a whole variety of reasons, never utilized a technical ‘dead man’s switch,'” historian Garrett Graff, an expert on continuity of government, told the Associated Press.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Since Dad thought eating was a form of unavoidable delay, he utilized the dinner hour as an instruction period.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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“You can generate more volume and more applications by utilizing AI, but volume in the marketplace is not necessarily what gets you hired,” Link, SHRM’s chief human-resources officer, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 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
"The Department is utilizing every available tool to meet the demands of our current operations."
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Tokyo pledges that Japan will become "the world's most-friendly country for developing and utilizing AI".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“No. I suspect they’re utilizing pulleys, cables, and counterweights, as is customary.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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