as in use
the capacity for being useful for some purpose
although I appreciate the concern, your help would be of little avail in this situation
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as in to benefit
to provide with something useful or desirable
all your begging will not avail you in the least
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Recent Examples of avail
Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
The Recent History Of Mexico’s Oil Industry Three previous administrations have tried reforming Pemex, to little avail.
—Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
Your friend’s mother was availing herself of the exception for parents and those acting in their place.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
If the big centre arrives in Edmonton for a September media avail to announce the signing, the best Bowman can hope for is praise for accomplishing the expected.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
The Recent History Of Mexico’s Oil Industry Three previous administrations have tried reforming Pemex, to little avail.
—Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
Local producers can avail of this fund but not the CINA incentive while international producers can choose to tap either of them but not both.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
Your friend’s mother was availing herself of the exception for parents and those acting in their place.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avail
Noun
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Park District officials want to make changes on the pool that originally went into use about ten years ago.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Thus, there is always a lurking risk that your AI use will be detected.—
Andrew Brodsky,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Moreover, many of the original apps, like Tinder and Hinge, are set up in a way that doesn’t necessarily promote users getting off the platform — think pricey monthly memberships and advertisements that benefit from long-term users.—
Emily Burns,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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With Trump planning to impose 25% tariffs on the US’s two top trade partners, Mexico and Canada, and a 10% tariff already in effect on Chinese goods, experts say India could benefit from these strained trade relationships by exporting more technology, electronics and jewelry to America.—
Rosa de Acosta,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Blue Trail asserts that productivity is the antithesis of human fulfillment, offering an alternative of sorts to the empty promises of capitalism and Soviet-style communism with its insistence that our wellbeing isn’t tied up with notions of usefulness.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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The usefulness of the one-on-one meeting has become a topic for debate.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Avail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avail. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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