as in accustomed
being in the habit or custom
my grandmother has spent her whole life on the farm and is used to working hard
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as in utilized
to put into action or service
I will need to use the large hammer for this project
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as in treated
to behave toward in a stated way
the factory workers were underpaid and poorly used by their employers
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as in exploited
to take unfair advantage of
I was paying for everything on our little outing, and I was starting to feel like I was being used
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Recent Examples of used
Robert Ferris, CNBC, 10 June 2026
Right now, quite a few performance cars that might have been out of reach for you when new can be had for less than $25,000 on the used market.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
Alba used the brand’s hero product, the Pure Harmony Shampoo, to prep for the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscars after party.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 16 June 2026
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Adjective
The pandemic dealt a severe blow to the total supply of new cars, which has rippled down to the used market.
—Robert Ferris, CNBC, 10 June 2026
Right now, quite a few performance cars that might have been out of reach for you when new can be had for less than $25,000 on the used market.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
Verb
Dozens of brazen drug dealers turned a Bronx commercial shopping district into an open-air drug market rife with fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crystal meth that customers used on the street in broad daylight, authorities said Monday.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
Alba used the brand’s hero product, the Pure Harmony Shampoo, to prep for the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscars after party.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for used
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For all that, fans will probably grow so accustomed to the brief ad breaks that the interruptions will stop registering well before the 104th match is played on July 19.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 June 2026
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The composition of the list marks a stark departure from the market leadership investors have grown accustomed to over the past several years, according to Cramer.—
Alexa LoMonaco,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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Lieutenant Thompson, a lead investigator with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), testified that authorities utilized speed metrics, GPS trackpoints, and a passenger seating chart to recreate the crash sequence.—
Ana Maria Soler,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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Eventually the technical and operational learnings from the pilot plant will be utilized in building a follow on commercial scale facility in the 2040s.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
11 June 2026
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And this fall, if you’re headed to Old Dominion’s Moon Crush Beach Vacation festival, you’ll be treated to a set from Nashville Yacht Club Band, who bill themselves as the city’s premiere Seventies and Eighties cover band.—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
13 June 2026
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Once the traveler lands back in the United States, they're treated as a domestic passenger and do not have to go through customs like other international travelers.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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Almost 90 percent of global marine fish stocks are fully exploited or overfished.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
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They can be stolen, reused and exploited.—
Art Gilliland,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Verb
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The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Three days after his arrest last August, Jasper applied for a hearing on the Missouri Department of Revenue’s one-year revocation of his license for allegedly refusing to submit to a chemical test.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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In 2014, Smith served a nine-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct and substance abuse policies.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 June 2026
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Flaks previously served as vice chairman of the board, according to officials.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
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According to figures from the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 12 million people experience domestic and intimate partner violence annually, with approximately 24 people physically abused every minute.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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Prosecutors detailed how Herbert allegedly groomed and abused the now 24-year-old victim for years.—
Aunya Butler,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Pew found that just 6% of moms work full-time while their male partner isn’t employed, or works part-time.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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Last spring, as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency employed slash-and-burn tactics to bring federal agencies to heel, local farm service centers in Kansas were hit especially hard.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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“Used.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/used. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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