reusable

adjective

re·​us·​able (ˌ)rē-ˈyü-zə-bəl How to pronounce reusable (audio)
: capable of being used again or repeatedly

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By Monday, some eighteen hundred students had dropped by, and the goods had largely been picked clean—Tetris’d into Ubers, hauled down subway stairs, or just stashed in reusable bags. Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 One example is an innovative reusable captive ‘Hungry Hippo’ fairing that stays attached to Neutron’s first stage. Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025 The Silicone Kitchen Reusable Baking Cup Liners Baking just got a whole more sustainable with this pack of 24 reusable cupcake liners. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025 Then there are other companies like Rethink Resource and Habitat for Humanity and also prop houses that receive reusable materials like lumber and vinyl and other building materials that could be reused, and again creating either a market for reuse or recycling those materials sustainably. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reusable

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First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reusable was in 1943

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“Reusable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reusable. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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reusable

adjective
re·​us·​able (ˈ)rē-ˈyü-zə-bəl How to pronounce reusable (audio)
: capable of being used again or repeatedly

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