as in used
to put into action or service
we must utilize all the tools at our disposal
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Recent Examples of utilized
Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest.
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Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
But the personnel Marsch utilized made a difference.
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Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Makeup artist Tracey Levy utilized Beauty Pie products for the actress’ luminous visage.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
24 June 2026
The K-pop model utilized by YG mirrors aspects of the Western pop stardom machine—think Simon Cowell with One Direction—but it’s been revised and refined.
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José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
Supporters are entitled to opinions about why certain players were or weren’t utilized, Vorbe said.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
These platforms are still primarily utilized by high-net-worth individuals and affluent consumers.
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Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Restraints are a last resort, and the goal is to minimize the time they are utilized.
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Ashley Andreou,
STAT,
22 June 2026
Beginning with opener Lake Bachar, Miami manager Clayton McCullough utilized eight pitchers to cover nine innings, four of whom pitched multiple innings.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
But the personnel Marsch utilized made a difference.
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Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
Makeup artist Tracey Levy utilized Beauty Pie products for the actress’ luminous visage.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
24 June 2026
The K-pop model utilized by YG mirrors aspects of the Western pop stardom machine—think Simon Cowell with One Direction—but it’s been revised and refined.
—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
Supporters are entitled to opinions about why certain players were or weren’t utilized, Vorbe said.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
These platforms are still primarily utilized by high-net-worth individuals and affluent consumers.
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Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Restraints are a last resort, and the goal is to minimize the time they are utilized.
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Ashley Andreou,
STAT,
22 June 2026
Beginning with opener Lake Bachar, Miami manager Clayton McCullough utilized eight pitchers to cover nine innings, four of whom pitched multiple innings.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for utilized
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Since the launch of LineShine, the supercomputer has been used for applications ranging from climate modeling and engineering simulations to drug discovery, neuroscience and AI, the center said.
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The newer techniques, and the ones being used by the better clinics in Turkey, are FUE and DHI.
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Council members chose to open a public application to find her successor, and more than 110 people applied for the job.
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Adams and her dad applied pressure on the neck wound with beach towels.
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As of Monday, Blue was no longer employed at the McDonald’s, and is being held at the Broward County Jail without bond, per NBC Miami.
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First, that Netanyahu will once again rely on the anti-Arab rhetoric that his party has employed for years.
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Social media has exploited this tendency, driving an algorithmic wedge into our society that the founders could hardly have imagined.
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The book is often about the ways in which wellness and self-care have become commodified and exploited — having to level up to buy things in order to feel good.
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