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to put into action or service
we must utilize all the tools at our disposal
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Recent Examples of utilizes
Unlike mat Pilates, which utilizes an exercise mat as its base, Club Pilates teaches reformer Pilates which uses a specialized machine made up of a sliding carriage, springs, pulleys, a headrest and foot bar.
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Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
Drawing on Riefenstahl’s own words to reveal hypocrisy and self-mythologizing, the film utilizes archival footage and photographs to make history feel alive, immediate, and unsettlingly urgent.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
But in reality, the facility utilizes physical and psychological torture to break the kids down, turning them into hollow shells who will gladly submit themselves to the institute’s leader, Evelyn Wade (Toni Collette).
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Each of Hazan’s styles utilizes fabrics sourced from premiere mills, including a Loro Piana wool blend, as seen through The Unisex wide-leg pants, and Italian cotton and is produced exclusively in Europe.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
Thermal energy networks utilizes a system of underground pipes to connect multiple buildings to assist in cooling them.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2025
The team reportedly used multi-wavelength texturization, a technique that utilizes multiple laser wavelengths to control the texture of a material.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Canary Mission utilizes a strategic virality, providing readily available, aggregate style content to better facilitate different permutations of repression and harassment.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Tapping into traditional craft methods, from woodworking and stone mining to hammering metal, Gerlach&Heilig utilizes modern systems and tools (laser cutting, CNC milling) to design contemporary furnishings that embrace a graceful, minimal simplicity.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
Drawing on Riefenstahl’s own words to reveal hypocrisy and self-mythologizing, the film utilizes archival footage and photographs to make history feel alive, immediate, and unsettlingly urgent.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
But in reality, the facility utilizes physical and psychological torture to break the kids down, turning them into hollow shells who will gladly submit themselves to the institute’s leader, Evelyn Wade (Toni Collette).
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Each of Hazan’s styles utilizes fabrics sourced from premiere mills, including a Loro Piana wool blend, as seen through The Unisex wide-leg pants, and Italian cotton and is produced exclusively in Europe.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
Thermal energy networks utilizes a system of underground pipes to connect multiple buildings to assist in cooling them.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2025
The team reportedly used multi-wavelength texturization, a technique that utilizes multiple laser wavelengths to control the texture of a material.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Canary Mission utilizes a strategic virality, providing readily available, aggregate style content to better facilitate different permutations of repression and harassment.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Tapping into traditional craft methods, from woodworking and stone mining to hammering metal, Gerlach&Heilig utilizes modern systems and tools (laser cutting, CNC milling) to design contemporary furnishings that embrace a graceful, minimal simplicity.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for utilizes
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More than 95,000 customers agree on its power, and our commerce director Rachel Fletcher uses it on the regular to clean up pet messes.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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In place of pesky underwire — which is uncomfortable at best, and downright painful at its worst — the bra uses a sturdy elastic band and adjustable straps to provide comfortable support.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Slim Denim The same principle applies to slim denim which, in a classic blue wash, is a more polished take on your typical pair of skinny jeans.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
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This advice applies to almost all evergreen shrubs like hollies, boxwoods, and myrtles.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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The health care sector accounted for 48% of that lackluster growth, expanding by about 232,000 jobs, even though the sector employs only about 11% of workers.—
Phillip Reese,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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His pitch is that CRH, which employs some 80,000 people, is well-placed to benefit from a surge of investment in US infrastructure, from roads and bridges to AI data centers and microchip plants.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Utilizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utilizes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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