utilize
verb (used with object)
to put to use; turn to profitable account.
was utilizing
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past progressiveof utilize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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We pulled together a couple of the older lawyers, and we started researching, and then we looked at this opioid case that the state of Oklahoma was utilizing, the Oklahoma Public Nuisance Statute.
From Slate ● May 21, 2022
“He was utilizing the slave labor in order to pay the legacies,” Reeves explained.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2020
Instead, people discovered that Netflix was utilizing Android’s physical activity permission, which is strange behavior from a video streaming app.
From The Verge ● Aug. 1, 2019
He said the archdiocese was utilizing Wisconsin's strict application of the statute of limitations, which limits how long after the crime claims can be filed.
From Reuters ● Feb. 8, 2012
The poem was published in 1667, so that for at least twenty-six years the poet was utilizing all the available resources of civilization and scholarship to make himself "more fit."
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 Poetical Quotations by Bliss Carman
