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
Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
In the Blue Jays’ 11 playoff games thus far, Varland has been called upon 10 times, the most used reliever out of the Jays’ bullpen.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
In 2017, McVay and the Rams used 11 personnel at a higher frequency than any other NFL team and exploited the popular defensive schemes of the time from those formations.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The mix of new and used garments were collected from homes, kindergartens and stores in Granada, Spain.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
In the Blue Jays’ 11 playoff games thus far, Varland has been called upon 10 times, the most used reliever out of the Jays’ bullpen.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
Ohtani was used as a closer in the World Baseball Classic.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
In 2017, McVay and the Rams used 11 personnel at a higher frequency than any other NFL team and exploited the popular defensive schemes of the time from those formations.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for used
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The pack became unusually accustomed to feeding on livestock from nearby ranches, ultimately killing 87 cows, calves and sheep in just over six months, according to state wildlife officials.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Blue Jays won Game 4, 6-2, with the lineup looking more like what fans have become accustomed to seeing.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The result is an ecosystem where misinformation thrives, and reliable information struggles to be well-utilized and contextualized.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Back in 2019 Fitzpatrick and his agent forced the Dolphins to trade him a month into the season because of how he was being utilized, and the direction the franchise was headed in during Brian Flores’ first season.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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For centuries, urban policy has treated inequality as inevitable, rather than intentional.—
Fahad Zuberi,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Visitors were treated to a traditional lion dance, complete with the eye-dotting ceremony that symbolized good fortune and energy for the new venture.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Barcelona used a mix of zonal and man-marking but struggled when teams exploited their comparalative lack of height and physicality by using players in motion.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Inter-agent trust — the tendency for an AI agent to trust other AI agents by default — can also be exploited to get around the guardrails built into popular systems.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
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Stepper motors applied small boundary motions, tracked by cameras.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Another similar video gave an even closer look at these green prosthetics, which the makeup artist applied on top of her upper lip, instantly giving Klum a witchy look.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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Bloomberg, who served three consecutive terms as mayor in the early 2000s, also pushed for steep tax hikes on the wealthy, and even proposed free transit in some places.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the company’s early years, prior to Microsoft’s first $1 billion investment into OpenAI, Brockman essentially served as the AI lab’s CEO, while Altman continued to run Y Combinator.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Images of Iraqi detainees being stripped naked and abused, published by the media, shocked the world.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Many of us were abused by them.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The report, which was first covered by the Washington Post, looked at the top 25 employers in each state that employed the most SNAP and Medicaid recipients.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lillig is no longer employed in either of those roles.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Used.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/used. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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