as in uses
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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Recent Examples of usages
Its ability to move things and people tops the chart for usages, with around the house, weekend travel or camper towing following.
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Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
With a $51K base price, the Toyota Tundra delivers for a wide array of usages and consumers.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
In Tennessee, sportsbooks notified the state’s Sports Wagering Council of 105 underage account usages in 2024.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Union members get written up and in some cases are fired for multiple usages.
—Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
And those usages would be in four-hour intervals.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
Advertisement One of Bitterman’s favorite usages is asking ChatGPT to help brainstorm questions ahead of a doctor appointment.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
This produces an incredibly dense representation of usages and meanings, in which analogy becomes a matter of geometry.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Despite cotton’s nearly unlimited usages, this year’s World Cotton Day program will highlight the challenges as well as the opportunities facing the cotton sector.
—Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
With a $51K base price, the Toyota Tundra delivers for a wide array of usages and consumers.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
In Tennessee, sportsbooks notified the state’s Sports Wagering Council of 105 underage account usages in 2024.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Union members get written up and in some cases are fired for multiple usages.
—Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
And those usages would be in four-hour intervals.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
Advertisement One of Bitterman’s favorite usages is asking ChatGPT to help brainstorm questions ahead of a doctor appointment.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
This produces an incredibly dense representation of usages and meanings, in which analogy becomes a matter of geometry.
—James Somers, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Despite cotton’s nearly unlimited usages, this year’s World Cotton Day program will highlight the challenges as well as the opportunities facing the cotton sector.
—Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for usages
Noun
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Hartford HealthCare is renovating 10 structures — some of them historic — for new uses.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
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Eligible uses of funds include revenue replacement, COVID-19 expenditures, premium pay for essential workers, and investments in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Officials say the upgrades will help Air Force units move applications and data into secure cloud systems more easily.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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The agency proposed a rule last month that would deny asylum-seekers work authorization while their applications are being processed, in another major overhaul of the asylum system.—
Daniella Silva,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The same can be said of long-standing resistance training exercises and bodyweight movements like pull-ups, squats, push-ups and sit-ups.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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Think of gait as the necessary base for strengthening exercises that prepares your muscles and joints to handle greater loads more effectively.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Usages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/usages. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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