: used or suitable for several different functions
a mixed-use building

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Proper Hospitality is working alongside Rosso Development and Midtown Development to debut Midtown Park Residences, which will feature 288 residences over 28 stories in a mixed-use development in Midtown Miami, within walking distance to the Design District and arts-centric Wynwood neighborhoods. Emma Reynolds, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025 Charlotte developer Mission Properties LLC received unanimous support from the Huntersville Planning Board on March 25 for a giant mixed-use community at Stumptown Road and U.S. 21 near Interstate 77. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2025 The second phase will include commercial construction of mixed-use and live-work buildings, along with another 130 dwelling units and two-story parking garage. James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025 Developers have targeted the 1.1-acre property, which was also once home to a Burger King, for more intensive use in the past, including a 230-unit, mixed-use project years ago, but those plans fell through. Devan Patel, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mixed-use

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First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mixed-use was in 1972

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“Mixed-use.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed-use. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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