re·use
(ˌ)rē-ˈyüz 
reused; reusing; reuses
: to use again especially in a different way or after reclaiming or reprocessing
the need to reuse scarce resources
reuse packing material as insulation
re·use
(ˌ)rē-ˈyüs
: further, different, or repeated use
Examples of reuse in a Sentence
Verb
I can reuse that container.
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Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
But Miss Manners would have thought that the whole justification for fake flowers is that they may be reused.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Joshy and team decided to demolish the old structure and salvage its timber for reuse.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 24 May 2026
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Verb
In practically every prison there were stories of documents being destroyed, of archives being allowed to rot and disintegrate, of holding cells being reused before there was time to investigate what had taken place within them.
—Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
But Miss Manners would have thought that the whole justification for fake flowers is that they may be reused.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
Noun
Hermes reviews outcomes, extracts patterns, and stores them for reuse, so each task quietly improves the next one.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Joshy and team decided to demolish the old structure and salvage its timber for reuse.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 24 May 2026
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“Reuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reuse. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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