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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The artist credits Messineo with approaching him last summer to utilize what he calls his “urgent warning signs” as the face of the fair.
From Los Angeles Times
“Risks remain that consolidating advice networks could utilize cheaper wholesale or white-label solutions,” they warn.
Authorities said there was an ongoing avalanche risk after the Tuesday disaster and high winds prevented them from being able to utilize helicopters for days.
From BBC
A great power like China or the U.S. “utilizes the dependencies of others and, if need be, takes advantage of them,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in Munich.
Mikson is optimistic the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services “will primarily utilize more relevant data” as it weighs creating a coverage policy for multi-cancer early detection tests.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
