in use

idiom

: being used
All of the computers are currently in use.

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When folded up and not in use, all the 1UP bike racks tuck against the back of your car more cleanly and efficiently than any other rack out there, almost blending into the car or the tailgate. Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 20 Jan. 2025 Whiteboards covered in notes and math equations fill the only corner of the office currently in use, while 3D printers from Ragsdale’s home produce prototypes, including the company’s tesseract logo. Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025 In the case of the tournament here, of the three courses in use this weekend, the guess would be that the Pete Dye Stadium Course would be the tournament course. Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025 These issues were common in older, more permissive data systems, some of which are still in use today. Kathleen Hurley, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for in use 

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“In use.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20use. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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