make use of

Idioms  

1. Utilize, use, as in I hope readers will make use of this dictionary. This expression dates from the late 1500s. Shakespeare had it in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2:4).

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Example Sentences

Users say it and other tools that make use of the expert coding capabilities of AI can make some engineers up to 10 times as productive, enough to lead some to fear its impact and how it will affect their jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal

“My goal has always been to maximize internet access and make use of resources that would otherwise lie fallow.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"I thought the distinctions between the diet of A. deyiremeda and A. afarensis would be harder to identify but the isotope data show clearly that A. deyiremeda wasn't accessing the same range of resources as A. afarensis, which is the earliest hominin shown to make use of C4 grass-based food resources."

From Science Daily

A 2012 report from the University of California that tallied AB 540 recipients from 2002 to 2011 showed that, in those years, U.S. citizens and people with legal authorization were frequently more likely to make use of the law than undocumented immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times

The Forest Exchange project in Coleford, Gloucestershire, allows people to donate items they no longer need so others can make use of them.

From BBC

Related Words

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• collect
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• have
• pick up
• procure
• purchase
• reach
• realize
• reap
• receive
• recover
• retrieve
• secure
• seize