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to put (something) to use again
I can reuse that empty container for another purpose.
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Recent Examples of reused
If intercepted, these tokens could be reused until their natural expiration, effectively undermining a core security control.
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Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Introduced with iOS 18 in 2024, Apple Passwords helps create and store passwords while alerting you to passwords that are weak, compromised, or reused across multiple accounts.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
Because Bending Spoons operates a platform of many apps rather than a single product, AI capability is built once—for engineering, support, hiring, pricing or product analytics—to be reused across its businesses.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 June 2026
Water from showers and handwashing sinks on the building's second floor is collected, treated, and reused to flush toilets throughout the facility.
—Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Both methods reportedly provide the necessary structural strength, meet all safety regulations, and still allow the walls to be dismantled when required and reused for new buildings.
—Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 4 June 2026
Credentials that are stolen, weak, lack MFA or are reused across platforms create transnational risk exposure.
—Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The hackers used a common tactic known as credential stuffing to access the data, which exploits weak and reused passwords.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The company had already demonstrated the ability to land the New Glenn first stage and impressively reused it in April for the first time.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Introduced with iOS 18 in 2024, Apple Passwords helps create and store passwords while alerting you to passwords that are weak, compromised, or reused across multiple accounts.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
Because Bending Spoons operates a platform of many apps rather than a single product, AI capability is built once—for engineering, support, hiring, pricing or product analytics—to be reused across its businesses.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 June 2026
Water from showers and handwashing sinks on the building's second floor is collected, treated, and reused to flush toilets throughout the facility.
—Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Both methods reportedly provide the necessary structural strength, meet all safety regulations, and still allow the walls to be dismantled when required and reused for new buildings.
—Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 4 June 2026
Credentials that are stolen, weak, lack MFA or are reused across platforms create transnational risk exposure.
—Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The hackers used a common tactic known as credential stuffing to access the data, which exploits weak and reused passwords.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
The company had already demonstrated the ability to land the New Glenn first stage and impressively reused it in April for the first time.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reused
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The video and the SCE data offer proof that the 100-year-old line, which hadn’t been used since the early 1970s, became re-electrified and sparked the fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena and surrounding areas, attorneys say.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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Now a national historic landmark, Iolani Palace has been restored to its former glory after almost 80 years of being used as a government building.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Lieutenant Thompson, a lead investigator with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), testified that authorities utilized speed metrics, GPS trackpoints, and a passenger seating chart to recreate the crash sequence.—
Ana Maria Soler,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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Eventually the technical and operational learnings from the pilot plant will be utilized in building a follow on commercial scale facility in the 2040s.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
11 June 2026
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“Reused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reused. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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