abuse
verb (used with object)
to use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
will abuse
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future tenseof abuse.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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I want to be clear that there is no evidence in the record that Washington’s transgender women will abuse the law in the way VanDyke warns.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2026
The risk is that Amazon -- which accounts for 60 percent of online sales in Europe's top economy, according to the watchdog -- will abuse its power to compete with the third-party retailers, he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
“The district’s policy has led to a positive ‘transformation’ in the district’s schools: an experience that stands in stark contrast to expressed concerns that students will abuse the policy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
More important for this case, giving people special treatment because their speech was newsworthy had predictably awful effects: When you give exceptions to the most powerful people in the world, they will abuse their power.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2021
Other things I shall not put in this little Report, but skip over, praying that no one will abuse me for this work.
From Early English Meals and Manners by Frederick James Furnivall
