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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 reuses
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2026
When the account holder reuses a password across accounts, hackers can test that breach data directly against the recordkeeper's login portal.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
Glass bottles of water (the resort has its own filtration plant) replace single-use plastic, and the property reuses most of its runoff water for the gardens.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 May 2026
And Blue Origin reuses a booster but runs into orbit issues.
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Sara Marley,
Bloomberg,
19 Apr. 2026
Microsoft reuses the residual heat of its servers to heat the town.
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Nicola Sfondrini,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
The team of researchers at the MEET Battery Research Center and the Institute of Business Chemistry at the University of Münster, designed a process that directly reuses materials without degrading them.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Aug. 2025
The family reuses Nada’s diapers, cleaning them with rations of water.
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Ghada Abdulfattah,
The Atlantic,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
To conserve water, Terry built a system that captures groundwater on-site and reuses it for irrigation, creating a dry-creek-style basin that collects runoff.
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David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2026
When the account holder reuses a password across accounts, hackers can test that breach data directly against the recordkeeper's login portal.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
Glass bottles of water (the resort has its own filtration plant) replace single-use plastic, and the property reuses most of its runoff water for the gardens.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 May 2026
And Blue Origin reuses a booster but runs into orbit issues.
—
Sara Marley,
Bloomberg,
19 Apr. 2026
Microsoft reuses the residual heat of its servers to heat the town.
—
Nicola Sfondrini,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
The team of researchers at the MEET Battery Research Center and the Institute of Business Chemistry at the University of Münster, designed a process that directly reuses materials without degrading them.
—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Aug. 2025
The family reuses Nada’s diapers, cleaning them with rations of water.
—
Ghada Abdulfattah,
The Atlantic,
5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reuses
Verb
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Harrisburg's Rachel Fogle (an associate professor) and Glenn Williams (an instructor), provided guidance on the prototype, which uses oyster spat (baby oysters) and then helps the oysters grow into adulthood.
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In the Mandara Spa & Salon on new vessels like Norwegian Luna and Norwegian Aqua, those include an infrared sauna that uses lamps to warm the body, a Floatation Salt Pool, and a charcoal sauna that reaches between 86 and 122 degrees – a facility the line bills as the first of its kind at sea.
Noun
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Technology companies are rapidly purchasing high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to power massive commercial large language models and applications to serve their end-users.
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Presidio will remain an Official Technology Innovation Partner of the NHL and continue to address the league’s technological infrastructure, integrating data, designing and creating applications to support the broadcast of more than 1,300 games annually.
Verb
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Potential for Better Endurance Regularly running, biking, swimming, or doing any other sustained cardio exercise naturally improves your endurance and VO2 max (the measure of how efficiently your body utilizes oxygen).
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The update utilizes existing Silicon Labs chips in select Hue products.
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“Reuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reuses. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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