utilization

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Recent Examples of utilization Reducing credit card balances can also lower your credit utilization, which can improve your credit score. Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 Larger programs required larger teams; utilization drove profitability and revenue growth was closely linked to expanding delivery capacity. Manish Gupta, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 These measures are harder to calculate than just utilization. Bryan Murphy, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 For solicitations over $100,000, the city aims for a 30% utilization rate, either through self‑performance or certified small-business subcontractors within the five‑county region. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 The approach is increasingly being explored as a way to improve reactor utilization while supplying low-carbon hydrogen for industries such as steelmaking, chemicals, refining, and heavy transportation. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026 In a recent note, analysts at Deutsche Bank said Qnity stands to benefit from improving utilization rates and leaner customer inventories — in other words, chipmakers are running their fabs more often and are needing to replenish their stocks. Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Environment Secretary Angela Eagle will decide on the application, which would be the first such ban since May 2006.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The parasites have performed well under lab conditions but transitions to practical application must be handled with extreme care.
    Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But after the single-component shots came into use, infections there began to rise.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The former home of Belden had a commercial use in recent years and idled for six years before being acquired by his group.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Utilization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utilization. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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