UTILIZATION Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

utilization

noun

Definition of utilization

as in application

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Recent Examples of utilization Stanford cautioned that the count does not account for differences in facility size, computing capacity or utilization. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 GearVale had created Access’s customer-facing booking and approval platform, as well as the back-end system that matched people with available cars, tracked mileage and utilization, and coordinated dealer inventory. — Harvard Business Review, 3 Sep. 2026 No individual component may appear as dramatic as the driving model, yet the combined system determines uptime, utilization, cost per productive mile and the speed at which a fleet can enter a market. — John Gabriel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Those numbers point to sustained utilization rather than occasional demonstration runs. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026 While each bureau uses its own scoring model, business credit scores typically consider factors like payment history, credit utilization, industry risk and public records, such as liens, judgments and bankruptcies. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 The result points to tighter utilization across a market where shippers continue to rely on air freight to move goods quickly amid trade and supply chain uncertainty. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026 The 50 schools with the lowest percentage of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch average a 79% utilization rate. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

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The suit, brought by 13 named and four anonymous researchers, is seeking to halt the process of searching applications and current grants for specific terms to determine if they should be rejected.

— Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026
The concept is relatively straightforward, but its potential application is broad.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of application

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At that point, the cost and structure of risk transfer may warrant the same financial analysis leadership applies to debt, capital expenditures and other major cash uses.

— Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Seat belt use may be considered as part of the broader circumstances surrounding a collision, but general danger is not evidence that this particular crash produced a worse fracture pattern or a worse spinal finding than a belt would have.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

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