as in usefulness
the capacity for being useful for some purpose
the store specializes in gee-whiz gadgetry of dubious utility
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Recent Examples of utility
Ty Oneil,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Real estate is only topped by popular industries like technology, information, and media, but still ranks higher than others like financial services, utilities, and construction.
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
With exhibition games set to begin on Saturday, Peraza and Cabrera are the current favorites to fill infield utility and super-utility roles.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2024
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Noun
Parts of northern Arizona were without power Saturday as the utility serving the area initiated a safety shutoff in hopes of lessening the wildfire risk.
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Ty Oneil,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Real estate is only topped by popular industries like technology, information, and media, but still ranks higher than others like financial services, utilities, and construction.
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 June 2026
Adjective
Duran projects to get the majority of backup shortstop reps behind Corey Seager if super-utility man Josh Smith becomes the everyday second baseman.
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Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
With exhibition games set to begin on Saturday, Peraza and Cabrera are the current favorites to fill infield utility and super-utility roles.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for utility
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Each piece of vintage clothing carries some mix of memory, usefulness and resale value, and telling those apart is the hard part.
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The dataset is a byproduct of usefulness.
Adjective
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Barnacles, mussels, clams, algae and other warm-seawater-dwelling fauna and flora have latched onto oil tankers hundreds of massive oil tankers anchored in the Persian Gulf over the past several months.
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This handheld vacuum has a lightweight design and strong suction to clean debris in hard-to-reach areas behind the couch, in the car, and other hard-to-reach areas.
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That includes those already receiving coverage of a GLP-1 from their Part D plan for a use already covered by Medicare, such as Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease risk reduction or sleep apnea.
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
Adjective
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There are four main courses in the area — dirt, park, street and vertical — all with different styles of judging and competition.
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The two parties would take a somewhat different approach for police protection at high-security venues.
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For Sabonis, there have been trade discussions with the Charlotte Hornets and Toronto Raptors to no avail.
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The Celtics had offered the Bucks a package centered around Jaylen Brown and two first-round picks to no avail, per CBS Sports.
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The warning came after a key naval information group had proposed alternative shipping corridors on Saturday, asking shipowners to consider transiting the strait along the southern route with their transponder signals on.
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The White House’s Iran negotiations rely on the dollar’s leverage, but Tehran has blunted that weapon by using alternative financial architecture, The Wall Street Journal reported, including payments in yuan or cryptocurrency, and adopting a Chinese alternative to the Swift banking network.
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The parking lot of a pharmacy turned into a makeshift shelter with tarps, hammocks and tents.
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People turned the parking lot of a pharmacy into makeshift shelter by setting up tarps, hammocks and tents.
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Smith says in a separate interview.
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Though acquitted of murder, Simpson later was found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case.
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“Utility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utility. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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