usages

plural of usage
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 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 Some of the earliest kind of public usages of this license plate loophole, so to speak, are with RVs. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
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Noun
  • Today, however, the current uses include drones that help ICE track immigrants, cyber attacks, and mass surveillance.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • To address those inequities, the bill required financial assistance to tribes, protection of tribal uses and more consultation on water projects.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Still, 23% said their organizations did not require multifactor authentication (MFA)—a login step beyond a password—across all applications and services.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • However, the agreement does not yet specify the humanoid model that will be used for the new logistics applications, the exact logistics tasks to be tested, the number of robots involved, or a timetable for routine deployment.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Rituals is already active in the youth mental health space as cofounder of Super Chill, a program that uses playful mind and body exercises to help children recognize their emotions and develop mental resilience.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The usual bleary nausea of such early rises is absent, shooed away by sobriety, exercises, and fruits and vegetables.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Usages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/usages. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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