UTILIZATION Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

utilization

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Definition of utilization

as in application

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Recent Examples of utilization Its staff then goes over the data on health care costs and utilization to determine what rates will allow the companies’ insurance plans to remain stable without overcharging. — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 13 July 2026 Competitive advantage was rooted in operational excellence, asset utilization and economies of scale. — Motaz Agamawi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Additionally, utilization tends to increase with larger crews on the space station compared with smaller ones, as maintenance becomes less of a burden with more hands to take on these tasks. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 9 July 2026 Paying off credit cards can lower your credit utilization ratio, which may improve your credit score. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 9 July 2026 Finney-Smith’s arrival leaves Charlotte with 17 players on standard pacts and when factoring the utilization of the maximum of three two-way contract slots into account when they are officially filled, that pushes the Hornets up to 20. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026 Simply running factories at higher utilization could generate an additional $660 billion in output, equivalent to about half the trade deficit. — Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 2 July 2026

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Mayo Clinic is now running a clinical trial to test whether AI can help identify patients at risk of or with early-stage pancreatic cancer — an application the hospital has said could detect the disease years earlier than the typical diagnosis.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
In one instance, there was a 488% increase in applications for test drives on the day of the stream, Moutran told Semafor.

— Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 15 July 2026

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The new law also now requires any presumptive large-scale data center to receive a public hearing from its local water management district before the district can issue a water use permit.

— Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026

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