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the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose
the machine's warranty does not cover malfunctions that result from improper usage
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This has nothing to do with respecting the King’s English or common usages.
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J.t. Barbarese, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
J.t. Barbarese, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
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Professor Russell wrote the core textbook on AI that every computer science major uses.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Across the country, concern has arisen over improper uses of restraint and seclusion causing physical and mental harm — and sometimes even death — to students.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pliops was showcasing its XDP LightingAI at the Summit, a GenAI native memory stack to power interfence and retrieval workloads for hyperscale and enterprise applications.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Green then explained the medical and industrial applications for these new knits.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Pro 3 will also be able to sense heart rate and calories burned during workouts and track up to 50 different kinds of exercises through Apple’s fitness app.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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This despite the big downward revision to estimates of job growth from April 2024 through March 2025, a somewhat greater change than most benchmark-revision exercises but consistent with other signs of a low-metabolism job market.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Usages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/usages. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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