in use

idiom

: being used
All of the computers are currently in use.

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About a dozen active cases are underway focused on similar claims involving incidents where Autopilot or Tesla's FSD— Full Self-Driving (Supervised) — had been in use just before a fatal or injurious crash. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025 The procedure has been in use at Mayo Clinic for only about a year. Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025 Since then, Hall said, Charlie has made a habit of leaving the room anytime the oven is in use. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 Introduced in 2012, the STAAR test replaced the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, which itself had been in use since 2003. Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for in use

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“In use.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20use. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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