use
verb (used with object)
to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of.
using
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present participleof use.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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To investigate how the circuitry works, the team studied mice using electrodes implanted in their brains.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
In the western city of Rennes, around 20 people set up a barricade using trash bins and large pallets on the outskirts of a shopping mall.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
It made one of the first AI-animated shorts, “Critterz,” using OpenAI’s software and planned to help make a movie based on it, but OpenAI pulled out of the project and canceled its video-making AI model.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Detmar has been using two Aurora driverless trucks seven days a week, 20 hours a day and expects to add about 30 autonomous trucks from Aurora by the end of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The crew began using Inuit techniques to hunt seal, preserve seal blubber, and gather green spring lichens, which helped ease their scurvy.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
