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

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Jaffe said along with the new construction, a former bank building on Madison Street adjacent to the parking lot will be a mixed-use building with 75 apartments. Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025 Their plan for downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan—mixed-use redevelopment, walkable streets—has attracted ninety-eight million dollars in funding. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 But mixed-use projects haven’t always worked out on the river. Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025 In 2023, the Huntersville Board of Commissioners denied former Birkdale Village owner North American Properties’ zoning request to add 450 parking spaces and a multi-story mixed-use building. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 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 21 Feb. 2025.

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