make use of
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Ms. Allen is the first scholar to make use of Richmond’s extensive library.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Some firms, tech businesses among them, are finding new ways to make use of existing characters.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Underemployment among recent grads—which measures people holding jobs that don’t make use of their skills or degrees or don’t offer full employment—also edged down consistently over the past four months to 41.5% in March.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
“But I do know that it had changed things, and we could make use of that.”
From Slate • May 1, 2026
Fish make use of chemical signals for the identification of individual members of a species, and also for the announcement of changes in the status of certain individuals.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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