How to Use use to in a Sentence

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  • There are tactics managers can use to skirt leading with fear.
    Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Shake the bottle gently before each use to disperse the oils.
    The Spruce, 2 July 2026
  • Do not use to cover a ceiling Do not carry the flag flat — and things should not be carried on it.
    Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
  • Williams also received cards and gift baskets, all the things people use to try and fill a void no one can until death no longer looms.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Magnesium and fish oil are two supplements many people use to support blood pressure and heart health.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Neither shows up on the dashboards most companies use to track what AI makes cheaper.
    François Candelon, Fortune, 24 July 2026
  • DiCaprio, as the father who loves her more than anything but is aware of the limits of his use to her, has never been better.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Wall Street has since leaned more toward a potential rate increase, which the central bank can use to help cool inflation.
    ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • Apple makes the phones and computers that billions of people use to access AI chatbots and agents.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • The committee provides guidance on vaccine use to the CDC.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The first is the role these reports play in generating data that investors use to make quarterly earnings forecasts.
    Michael Posner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The first of these was a centrifuge, like those that astronauts use to simulate the high-gravity conditions of a rocket launch.
    Ian Stokes, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, his life and legacy are viewed as a jumping-off point that teachers can use to discuss the farm labor movement and the role of immigrants in it.
    Kristy Hutchings, Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Keep the cold water running for 20 seconds before and after use to push any remaining particles down the drain.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Turns out, the trend also reveals something deeper about the misguided strategies men, and all people, use to attract partners.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Politicians got use to the idea that interviews should be 'pleasant positive conversations'.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • More importantly, the high-level metrics investors use to grade financial firms were all ahead of expectations.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That's because the debit-like cards people use to buy food are loaded a month in advance, so benefits will continue for October.
    NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Kopp notes that limiting tile use to floors or walls was often done to save money, but a bathroom can always benefit from more tile, not less, for waterproofing reasons.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Tests use to detect breast cancer include mammograms, breast ultrasounds and breast MRIs.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Some analysts predict nationwide electricity use to rise as much as 20% in the next decade, with data centers a big reason.
    Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • Gardening Tools Garden tools should be cleaned after every use to remove fungi, bacteria, and pests that can be transferred to healthy plants.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Here are six of the costliest distractions in business today, each with its hidden toll and the strategies leaders can use to restore focus and create a measurable impact.
    Jeanne M. Stafford, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The measure, a combination of occupancy with daily rate, is the most important one hotels use to assess their performance.
    Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
  • Southern gardeners can enjoy both types, using timing, space, and intended use to guide which varieties to grow together for a fruitful summer.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Consumers who have experienced adverse reactions after using these products should report their symptoms and product use to their health care providers, the agency said.
    Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Limiting what appears on data broker websites can reduce the details scammers use to personalize attacks.
    Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
  • As organizations grow, those principles become the framework employees use to make decisions when leadership isn't in the room.
    Amy Powell, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • It’s already embedded in the systems people use to communicate, research, navigate, shop and make decisions.
    Susan Jacobson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Advertisement If the Supreme Court doesn’t side with Trump, there are other laws that Trump could try to use to justify his tariffs.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

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