widely used

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The government is spending roughly 5 billion ringgit a month, equivalent to about $1.27 billion, to subsidize RON95, the nation’s most widely used petrol grade, helping to keep domestic inflation in check.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

A key advance came in 2011, when scientists discovered that hafnium oxide, a widely used material, could retain its electric polarization even when extremely thin.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

In January, his team documented a mass attack on WhatsApp that compromised an estimated several hundred thousand accounts - a platform which he said was widely used by government ministers and officials.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Morehead’s thesis is that as AI becomes more widely used, the rise of autonomous agents may eventually need digitally native ways to transact.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

The terms favored in this course are mostly those in common use in the U.S., but when more than one system of terms is widely used, the alternatives are mentioned.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones