as in uses
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
Despite cotton’s nearly unlimited usages, this year’s World Cotton Day program will highlight the challenges as well as the opportunities facing the cotton sector.
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Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
For Can-Am and their wide array of powersports, the Defender matches up nicely for many consumers as its extra-flexible usages display great strengths.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Morris has been more multiple in his coverage usages and front structures.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
This has nothing to do with respecting the King’s English or common usages.
—J.t. Barbarese, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
For Can-Am and their wide array of powersports, the Defender matches up nicely for many consumers as its extra-flexible usages display great strengths.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Morris has been more multiple in his coverage usages and front structures.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
This has nothing to do with respecting the King’s English or common usages.
—J.t. Barbarese, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for usages
Noun
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From storage helpers to laundry and cleaning aids, try one of these clever uses for old pillowcases.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
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Potential and/or current uses for these trails include walking, jogging, biking and bird watching.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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On TikTok, Gen Zers have commiserated to show their hundreds of spreadsheet applications, and collages of rejections from companies with no end to the cycle in sight.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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This gap has restricted the technology’s broader use beyond laboratory experiments and niche applications.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The latest escalation followed a statement Sunday from Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who accused Washington and Trinidad and Tobago of coordinating military exercises intended to provoke an armed confrontation in the Caribbean.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Beijing intensified military exercises around Taiwan and began to send ever more planes and ships across the median line of the strait.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Usages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/usages. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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