as in use
the capacity for being useful for some purpose
although I appreciate the concern, your help would be of little avail in this situation
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as in to benefit
to provide with something useful or desirable
all your begging will not avail you in the least
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Recent Examples of avail
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Russian officials have tried desperately to mitigate this downward trajectory, but to little avail.
—Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Michael Khouw, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Millions of additional users avail themselves of xAI's Grok, Google's Gemini and Meta's MetaAI.
—ABC News, 22 Nov. 2025
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Noun
For publisher Electronic Arts, strategic attrition might just be their winning path, too; after rejiggering their military shooter formula for over a decade to little avail, Battlefield 6 is shaping up to be a breakthrough amid the perpetual dominance of endless Call of Duty releases.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
Russian officials have tried desperately to mitigate this downward trajectory, but to little avail.
—Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
An astute reader is wondering how the monthly payments on these cars can be affordable for the buyers who avail themselves of them.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Millions of additional users avail themselves of xAI's Grok, Google's Gemini and Meta's MetaAI.
—ABC News, 22 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avail
Noun
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The company also highlighted its shift toward a Robot-as-a-Service model, indicating readiness for global commercial deployment rather than experimental use.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Microsoft said the initiative reflects its belief that AI infrastructure can succeed only if surrounding communities benefit alongside technological growth.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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Investors also foresee the strain in China-Japan relations benefitting spending on South Korean businesses, leading to gains for Korean retail and consumer stocks, according to Bloomberg.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As a result, the rearrangement was largely considered impossible to use in modern asymmetric catalysis, despite its potential usefulness.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Their usefulness remains an open question At the back of a conference hall at the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas, a humanoid robot twitched through a preprogrammed wave for a crowd of cell phone cameras—a classic scene of high spectacle and unclear utility at CES.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Avail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avail. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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