in use

phrase

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

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Taste is the ability to make the right judgment about how a product should feel in use. Lorenzo Alvaro, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Kozlowski said the city would continue to use cameras with other license plate-reading technology, including Motorola cameras already in use, like the ones employed in the city of Sacramento. Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Kurtz argued that the need for cybersecurity exists regardless of whether frontier labs slow development because potentially dangerous models are already in use. Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 Covered Bridge Tour Indiana Parke County (aka the Covered Bridge Capital of the World) has 31 historic bridges, many built in the 1800s and still in use. Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Sep. 2026 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 22 Sep. 2026.

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