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as in applicable
capable of being put to use or account
useful suggestions for limiting the amount of food we eat
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as in available
capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose
I've found this tool really useful for making sure all my pictures are hung straight
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as in helpful
providing service or assistance
hopefully, the consultant's financial advice will prove useful in planning for our retirement
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Recent Examples of useful
Best Appliance Midea Chill Master Midea’s refrigerator adds a very useful feature to the water dispenser.
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Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Short stories serve as really useful vehicles for that kind of exercise.
—Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Eager to convince the family of her and March’s love, Nat sets off to become a useful ghost and offers to cleanse the factory.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Pixel Screenshots might still be the most useful application of generative AI on the Pixels.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Short stories serve as really useful vehicles for that kind of exercise.
—Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Eager to convince the family of her and March’s love, Nat sets off to become a useful ghost and offers to cleanse the factory.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Pixel Screenshots might still be the most useful application of generative AI on the Pixels.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for useful
Adjective
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Breakups are not universally applicable.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The findings may also not be fully applicable to the broader public, given that all study participants were older European adults.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As 9to5Mac reports, hypertension alerts will become available in over 150 countries and regions, including the US and the EU, next week.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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That figure is currently just above 50%, extrapolating from available data.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Tennessean's Student of the Week is all about helpful upperclassmen this week.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
8 Sep. 2025
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Granovetter found that a person’s casual or loose connections (weak ties) are more helpful than their strong ties.—
Carmine Gallo,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Its early pilots include placing a humanoid in a car factory to fetch and carry parts, hinting at a practical path into routine industrial tasks.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Below, Forbes Human Resources Council members share practical strategies middle managers can use to strengthen relationships and create a more positive workplace culture.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Richmond served as the functional center for the chattel slavery system in the United States, the capitol city of the Confederacy during the Civil War and was one of the many cities that subjected residents to redlining lending practices.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Cross-functional teams that bring together technology, operations and business stakeholders ensure AI solutions are grounded in real-world goals.—
Nitesh Mirchandani,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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During sleep, heart rate and blood pressure drop too, which is beneficial for the little vessels in your brain.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 Sep. 2025
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Foliage color can vary between individual trees, which is why planting–and shopping–in fall is beneficial.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This approach gives immediate context for applied intelligence and, when implemented correctly, avoids the static and siloed data environments that hinder customer experience initiatives.—
Bill Waid,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Among them were Shawn Ligocki and his father, Terry, an applied mathematician who ran their search program in the off hours on powerful computers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Approved by voters hoodwinked by false cost estimates, the project was supposed to be operable by 2020 at a cost of $33 billion.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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Its first operable segment in the Central Valley— a 172-mile stretch between Merced and Bakersfield slated to open in 2033 — is far from the original vision and the $14 billion needed to close the funding gap by June 2026 remains elusive.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Useful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/useful. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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