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overutilize

verb

Definition of overutilize

as in to overuse

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But 1984 is continuously overused by fans as evidence of what the program can achieve.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Schleicher pointed to China, Japan, Singapore and Estonia as countries that have succeeded in using AI to support learning without overusing it.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of overuse

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Courts, regulators, creators and technology companies continue to grapple with when training constitutes permissible use, when licensing is required, and whether outputs can infringe on existing works.

— Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
The rest-stop company has filed more than a dozen trademark lawsuits, including four this year alone, arguing that other business logos – many of them on smaller regional shops and featuring alligators, bears, and moose – infringe on its branding.

— Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of infringe

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The necessary debates are only beginning to heat up as AI inexorably encroaches on our daily lives.

— Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Signing Mbappé, who currently plays forward for Real Madrid, signals that On is looking to further encroach into its larger competitors’ territory.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of encroach

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Israel wages war on childhood because a Palestinian child at play is already trespassing upon the future Israel has reserved for itself.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
The Tohono O’odham Nation said that even if construction were contained to the Roosevelt Reservation, driving onto tribal land to access the area still constitutes trespassing.

— Mikella Schuettler, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of trespass

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Russia was also holding the vote in the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow claimed after the war began but still does not fully control, and in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia invaded in 2014.

— Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
It's meant to starve Russian President Vladimir Putin of the resources Moscow needs to continue its war in Ukraine after invading its neighbor more than four years ago.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

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