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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
Morris has been more multiple in his coverage usages and front structures.
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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
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
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That’s the spirit behind the AI Darwin Awards, which recognize the most spectacularly misguided uses of the technology.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Still, the recent rise in non-work uses suggests that a lot of the newest ChatGPT users are doing so more for personal than for productivity reasons.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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New frontiers in medical use The ability to control the metamaterial remotely makes new medical applications possible.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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With new models and ways to process these models changing rapidly, the GPU is a more practical solution than an ASIC for most IA applications.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Salesforce contract renewals often become routine exercises—reviewing user counts, negotiating minor discounts and signing on the dotted line.—
Buyan Thyagarajan,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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For its part, China last month urged the US not to send the Typhon missile system to Japan for the Resolute Dragon exercises.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Usages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/usages. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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