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noun

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the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose the machine's warranty does not cover malfunctions that result from improper usage

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Recent Examples of usages Subjects will include plant survival strategies and modern and traditional usages. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The vector space of all usages of all words in all human languages. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 The Montour Trail sees upwards of 400,000 trail usages yearly. — Megan Shinn, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Yet another defense is that at least some usages of Daniels’ NIL are newsworthy. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Save the most expensive ones for the most critical and revenue-generating usages. — Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Pitch-calling from the dugout may be at the center of this battle and is one of the usages the league appears to be targeting. — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 16 July 2026 And the deepfake usages, while clearly labeled as satire when Deep Voodoo does it, can still contribute to a culture of mistrust online. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026 These usages are meant to tell us something about the state of contemporary politics in the United States—although exactly what is not always clear. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026

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The idea is to provide nimble and reliable baseload power that’s clean, meltdown-proof, and relatively agile for limited power uses.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
Residents continue to face limitations on nonessential water uses, such as when they are allowed to water their lawns.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026

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Future quantum applications The team sees potential applications in electronics that consume less power and switch states rapidly.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
The legislation would mandate organ donation signup boxes on federal tax forms and applications for benefits, possibly creating tens of thousands of new donors.

— Tony Aiello, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

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Those teaching sessions included a five-sided rubber ball that Sweeney had to bounce and catch, and some unorthodox exercises.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Advertisement The architects of New Stanford might’ve avoided all of the above and still meaningfully included women by running parallel exercises in separate pods.

— Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

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