REUSED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

reused

verb

past tense of reuse

as in used

to put (something) to use again I can reuse that empty container for another purpose.

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Recent Examples of reused Planning efforts in the neighborhood have looked for the building to be reused as housing or mixed-use development. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Containers of single service articles are reused to hold spices. — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 Password Health The Password Health section highlights the old, reused, or weak passwords in your NordPass vault. — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026 The snack bag’s silica gel packet gave him the idea for DryOut, a multilayer material that pulls water away from a device, absorbs and traps it, then lets moisture evaporate when exposed to sunlight so it can be reused. — Hannah Singleton, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Everything that can be reused is, including these fixtures and fastenings, but a small percentage still goes to landfill. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 She’s reused footage from the Greyhounds’ previous attempt at creating a viral video to create a new, more fun clip that makes liberal use of Rebecca’s drunken chastising of fans for not showing up. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026 Eco effort Shower gel bottles and the like are kept in the more hardwearing PET plastic bottles so they can be reused. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Some of the equipment could later be reused as spares for the new machine. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

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The fraudsters used deepfakes to pose as the company’s chief financial officer on a video call.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Metallurgical coal used for steelmaking was the last critical material to be given the designation in 2025.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

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Lynn police say the department utilized its Flock cameras to trace the car's license plate, indicating that the car had traveled out of Lynn and in the direction of Saugus.

— Louisa Moller, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Unlike most eVTOLs, which use propellers, the Roadster utilized compressed air jets to leap over other cars and propel from the top of a ramp six or seven stories high during its product reveal earlier this month.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

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