How to Use usefulness in a Sentence

usefulness

noun
  • The Mesopotamians were among the first known to grasp the usefulness of the charge account.
    Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
  • This isn’t the first time ERVs have shown their usefulness.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2023
  • Get feedback from them on the usefulness of the product.
    Paul Flick, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But the Jesuits have outlived their usefulness to the 77-year-old tyrant.
    Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2023
  • So, there's the feeling there that the whole usefulness of this as a serious tool is very much up in the air.
    Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Here, ranked by usefulness, our guide to its key selling points.
    Sal Vaglica, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022
  • But the actual usefulness of the long-press gesture is the Quick Actions.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Much of the study’s usefulness may come in the extreme granularity of the data.
    Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 18 June 2022
  • No car updates with the speed, frequency or usefulness of a phone.
    John Hayes, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Shoppers love the quality and usefulness of the cast iron griddle.
    Malia Griggs, SELF, 15 July 2022
  • There would be a usefulness for having the students involved.
    al, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Batchelder said the staff looked at every software being used, and assessed its value in terms of usefulness in the next school year.
    Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But the usefulness of drones is not lost on Los Angeles County Fire.
    Stephanie Elam, CNN, 9 July 2022
  • But when the war ended, its usefulness as a base waned, and the airport fell into disrepair.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 12 July 2022
  • Each swipe of the mop proves its usefulness, a glistening arc on a floor that a second ago looked O.K. but now is revealed to have been dusty and dull all along.
    Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • With this usefulness come dangers and distractions such as music that get in the way of work, Francis said.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Her team tests the usefulness of problems with their own teams first and gathers feedback before rolling it out.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The band had in many ways outlived its usefulness, even to me personally.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This Cold War relic has outlived its usefulness and should be changed.
    Thomas Emanuel Dans, WSJ, 25 May 2023
  • Look into gifts that can be personalized and admired for the years to come while keeping in mind the usefulness of the gift and your budget.
    Julie Evans, Parents, 23 Oct. 2023
  • In terms of usefulness it’s like an Instant Pot, only much, much better.
    Hannah Jones, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Leather may look the most appealing, but its usefulness in terms of protection can vary.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
  • The disease of greed is spreading like wildfire ready to burn workers out of their livelihoods and humans out of their usefulness.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
  • What clinched the usefulness of visual perception for Crick and Koch was that the final link in that chain — consciousness — could be detached from the rest.
    Elizabeth Finkel, Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
  • China currently has three flat-tops, but the ships are of varying usefulness.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022
  • The first hard evidence of the usefulness of CBD for blood pressure was most recently published in 2017.
    Nick Rogan, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2022
  • But for the academics who created the Threat Dictionary, the usefulness is broader.
    oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The real value and usefulness of the Yeti 1500x, however, is for backup power at home.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • The popular Black+Decker Dustbuster is on sale for a fantastic price at over 50% off, an excellent value for its usefulness around the house and on the go.
    Grace Smith, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2022
  • One year after the successful Merge upgrade, Ethereum is working on a fix to slow a flood of staking that threatens to impair the blockchain's usefulness.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 18 Sep. 2023

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