utilized

past tense of utilize

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Recent Examples of utilized This might entail the sleep part or might just be that extra time has been utilized to do deeper thinking. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 Researchers utilized Free, Prior and Informed Consent as an indicator. Amy Nguyen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 The current findings utilized the shape memory effect of SMAs to recover the ILMs’ shape by adding heat. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024 Audiences may have been surprised at how few references to Batman lore Phillips and co-writer Scott Silver utilized in 2019’s Joker. Jack Smart, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024 Keep in mind that generative AI is extensively being utilized for all sorts of purposes. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for utilized
Verb
  • Born in revolution, tempered by war This gun served in the American Civil War and was later used in many conflicts throughout the 19th century.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Despite its previous bad culinary advice about pizza and rocks, AI will initially be used for the presentation of the results for queries in English about recipes and meal ideas entered on mobile devices.
    Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • When applied to each state’s eight individual grades used in my scorecard, this geeky math shows California’s grades had the highest deviation.
    Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
  • In the future, researchers believe similar dating methodologies could one day be applied to not just other meteorites, but planets.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Later in 2019, the woman claims that she was physically dominated and raped by Brooks while employed for an event.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For the Spanish-language Dracula, Universal employed a different director, actors and crew to work at night on the same sets — and in many of the same costumes — that were used during the day for the Tod Browning version that made Bela Lugosi a legend.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Amos’ daughter also claimed that her brother had impersonated their dad in communications, disregarded his medical needs, mishandled his finances and exploited and eroded his legacy.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Instead, these innovations were exploited by others who saw potential.
    Dileep Rao, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

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“Utilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utilized. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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