: used or suitable for several different functions
a mixed-use building

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Coming to Boca Raton’s Tri-Rail station is a mixed-use project that will offer shops, restaurants and 340 new residences, some of them considered workforce housing. Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025 The mixed-use development is among the largest in Westchester County and represents the final and largest component of the Yonkers Downtown Waterfront Revitalization. Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 Downtown Skokie has become home to an Italian restaurant, Ascione Bistro, which opened recently at the Highpoint at 8000 North, a mixed-use, high-rent apartment building. Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025 The block is now privately co-owned by Tom Malone and Subir Bhatia, who plan to build a mixed-use development there. Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mixed-use

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First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mixed-use was in 1972

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“Mixed-use.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed-use. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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