utilizing

verb

present participle of utilize
as in using
to put into action or service we must utilize all the tools at our disposal

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Recent Examples of utilizing In both puzzles, Master Sun’s scheme is the best possible strategy utilizing only the ranks of the cards. — Dana MacKenzie, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026 The Los Angeles Police Department already is utilizing AI technology and has plans to integrate it further into its crime-fighting. — Jakob McWhinney, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Holley said state data shows the most people utilizing the voucher program make about $250,000 to $300,000 a year. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 Medicare for All will lower the cost of both Medicare and private insurance by lowering the average age and utilizing a cost-neutral system that already exists. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Batters have been more successful on robot umpire challenges in the playoffs than during the regular season, and teams are utilizing the Automated Ball-Strike System more overall in its postseason debut. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 The second allows the devil to slide into his DMs, utilizing a seduce-and-destroy approach that will eventually lead to Sutskever becoming OpenAI’s resident Chicken Little and the tech industry’s conscientious objector. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026 His third model, more formally speaking, released just months after the Air Penny 3 while also utilizing Foamposite technology for its upper. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 Avant and Oportun utilizing data beyond traditional credit scores to cater to borrowers with fair or subprime credit. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for utilizing
  1. using
  2. applying
  3. exploiting
  4. employing
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  • Their role becomes clear at 21-, 36- and 52-Across, where the clues solve to partial entries, which can be completed only by using the entry spaces of those dash clues.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In a small farm context, that will be to a grouping of farmers that form a producer unit using the same practices in the same climate.
    — SJ Studio, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of using
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  • Available pre-mixed in tubs, thinset is the standard material for applying—and reapplying—tile to walls or floors.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Only one parent called to vent about the university’s response to the lawsuit, but her son was still planning on applying early decision.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of applying
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  • Leaving aside the comics, tie-books, video games, and other ancillary delights of exploiting successful IP, there’s the Netflix show, of course.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
  • At least three people were arrested in Florida after allegedly exploiting the chaos left behind by Hurricane Isaias to steal a car and loot a store.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of exploiting
Verb
  • About 20 years ago, Hazleton passed the controversial Illegal Immigration Relief Act, which withheld permits from businesses employing undocumented immigrants and fined landlords who rented to them.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The new mountaineering movies are delirious vicarious cinema, employing technological means and a filmmaking bravado that comes with them that would have been unimaginable three or four decades ago.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of employing

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“Utilizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utilizing. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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