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to put (something) to use again I can reuse that empty container for another purpose.
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Recent Examples of reuses
Sara Marley, Bloomberg, 19 Apr. 2026 And the hotel reuses coffee grounds to fertilize plants (there are green spaces on the patio and terraces). —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026 Microsoft reuses the residual heat of its servers to heat the town. —Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 The team of researchers at the MEET Battery Research Center and the Institute of Business Chemistry at the University of Münster, designed a process that directly reuses materials without degrading them. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025 The family reuses Nada’s diapers, cleaning them with rations of water. —Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
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And Blue Origin reuses a booster but runs into orbit issues. —Sara Marley, Bloomberg, 19 Apr. 2026 And the hotel reuses coffee grounds to fertilize plants (there are green spaces on the patio and terraces). —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026 Microsoft reuses the residual heat of its servers to heat the town. —Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 The team of researchers at the MEET Battery Research Center and the Institute of Business Chemistry at the University of Münster, designed a process that directly reuses materials without degrading them. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025 The family reuses Nada’s diapers, cleaning them with rations of water. —Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
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The lab uses seawater to wash the aquariums.— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
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For example, exercise helps lower triglycerides – a type of fat in your blood that your body uses for energy, but can raise your risk of heart disease when levels are too high.— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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Beginning July 1, the agency will take on a more limited role focused on coordinating the region’s rehousing system, including managing data, helping coordinate how people access services and leading applications for annual federal funding.— Teresa Liu, Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
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So, 30 applications out of the millions of different pieces of paperwork that come to USCIS.— Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
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Heating utilizes pellets made from wood offcuts from local forestry programs that would otherwise be thrown away.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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The collaboration utilizes two Strategic Partnership Projects and a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to turn fusion physics into industrial applications.— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Reuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/reuses. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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