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Recent Examples of utilization
Missing due dates, triggering interest and fees, maxing out a card or having a high credit utilization ratio can all damage your credit score.
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True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
If your Bilt Mastercard represented a large percentage of your total credit limit across all your cards, closing this account could increase your utilization ratio, which could negatively affect your score.
—Raina He, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
Novra Power applies design to minimize part count, maximize material utilization and incorporate advanced cooling that leads to higher reliability and redundancy as well as lower maintenance.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The center console and front center lower portion of the dashboard both feature slide-out and flip-out storage compartments for space utilization.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 21 Jan. 2026
The Gates Foundation on Wednesday announced Horizon1000, a $50 million health project created in partnership with OpenAI to increase the utilization of artificial intelligence inside health care centers across Africa.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2026
To meet higher consumer demand resulting from utilization of the new program, some producers have had to adjust their production rate but most have been able to maintain their normal daily operations, according to the American Farmers and Rancher’s Cooperative.
—Craig Harris, Oklahoma Voice, 20 Jan. 2026
Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026
The district also pointed to a $13 million overage in transportation costs, driven by higher bus utilization with more runs per morning and afternoon shifts, along with inflation in maintenance costs.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
If your Bilt Mastercard represented a large percentage of your total credit limit across all your cards, closing this account could increase your utilization ratio, which could negatively affect your score.
—Raina He, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
Novra Power applies design to minimize part count, maximize material utilization and incorporate advanced cooling that leads to higher reliability and redundancy as well as lower maintenance.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The center console and front center lower portion of the dashboard both feature slide-out and flip-out storage compartments for space utilization.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 21 Jan. 2026
The Gates Foundation on Wednesday announced Horizon1000, a $50 million health project created in partnership with OpenAI to increase the utilization of artificial intelligence inside health care centers across Africa.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2026
To meet higher consumer demand resulting from utilization of the new program, some producers have had to adjust their production rate but most have been able to maintain their normal daily operations, according to the American Farmers and Rancher’s Cooperative.
—Craig Harris, Oklahoma Voice, 20 Jan. 2026
Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026
The district also pointed to a $13 million overage in transportation costs, driven by higher bus utilization with more runs per morning and afternoon shifts, along with inflation in maintenance costs.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for utilization
Noun
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While flat structures work well in many systems, one-dimensional forms offer advantages in applications that require fast transport or mechanical reinforcement.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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Once in Texas, he was kept in chains for 16 hours and interrogated about his refugee application before being released without documents from a detention center in Houston, the lawsuit said.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Norwegian Volunteer Aid has sent salmon-fishing nets that would normally be recycled after use.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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The editorial board then throws in the new scare tactic for good measure at the end, claiming that there is some terrifying epidemic of puking, screaming and hospitalizations as the result of THC use (relying on spotty data, none of which has been linked to THC beverages).—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Utilization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utilization. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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