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  • verb Present participle of utilise.

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Examples

  • The upholstery of Nuance incorporates a subtle range of colours thanks to the careful workmanship involved in utilising fabric off-cuts.

    Casamania’s 2009 Salone del Mobile Preview 2009

  • In a very conservative market, there is some interest in utilising social media, but many organisations are (often understandably) reluctant to let their employees have free rein to access Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc while at work, perhaps regarding these as non-work-related.

    tCn – The Construction Network launches « pwcom 2.0 2010

  • His wisdom in utilising the full panoply of official regalia played a no small part in the smooth transition to an independent India.

    Balls? The Elite Were Elsewhere - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • It seems to me like Rohmer is the one representing your culture (thoroughly and reprehensibly misrepresenting it, actually -- demonising and thereby dehumanising it as the "yellow peril"), whereas Hughart, in utilising actual Chinese myths, is the one appropriating.

    Cultural Appropriation Hal Duncan 2006

  • The Matablog stands as one of the best examples of an independent label utilising the web to build value for its artists and its fans.

    Minneapolis Fucking Rocks 2009

  • And lastly from RPS, less a piece of writing and more promotional video: ‘Laid Back Payback: Soviet Assault Blues’ which is notable for an emerging trend in utilising music effectively in promoting games (Remember those Gears of War trailers?

    The Week in Videogame Blogging Ben Abraham 2009

  • And lastly from RPS, less a piece of writing and more promotional video: ‘Laid Back Payback: Soviet Assault Blues’ which is notable for an emerging trend in utilising music effectively in promoting games (Remember those Gears of War trailers?

    Archive 2009-03-01 Ben Abraham 2009

  • To me it feels like there isn't normally and yes, there are a few exceptions, but thye are rare very engaged in FORM it is utilising, which is to say "prose fiction."

    WHEN THE BAR HAS NO LOWER TO GO ... CHOICES* TEV 2006

  • To me it feels like there isn't normally and yes, there are a few exceptions, but thye are rare very engaged in FORM it is utilising, which is to say "prose fiction."

    WHEN THE BAR HAS NO LOWER TO GO ... CHOICES* TEV 2006

  • Transvaal artillery conceived the idea of utilising the flag of truce in

    South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke

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