as in usefulness
the capacity for being useful for some purpose
the store specializes in gee-whiz gadgetry of dubious utility
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Recent Examples of utility
Npr Staff, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
This doesn’t even mention the everyday operating expenses like utilities, hospital level sanitation, supplies, etc.
—Guest Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2022
Vistra, the largest independent, non-utility company, announced closures by 2027 of all seven of its coal-burning plants in the mid-western states.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
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Noun
Helping consumers across the Gulf South navigate outlandish utility bills
This series from the Gulf States Newsroom highlighted a utility billing issue — and its possible solution — each month from around the Gulf South.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
This doesn’t even mention the everyday operating expenses like utilities, hospital level sanitation, supplies, etc.
—Guest Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Nortex operates what Tailwater characterized as the largest portfolio of non-utility gas storage facilities in North Texas.
—Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2022
Vistra, the largest independent, non-utility company, announced closures by 2027 of all seven of its coal-burning plants in the mid-western states.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
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By the 1980s, when more modern methods of summoning help had supplanted its usefulness, the tower remained as a beacon for bored teenagers.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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The usefulness of an index like BMI lies in its simplicity—a quick calculation produces a single number that gives a benchmark for health.Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
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There are other winter parades like this in villages throughout Europe.Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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Unlike other stick foundations, this one delivers a satin finish that achieves a radiantly smooth gleam IRL.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
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The non-sentient AI is a more down-to-earth way to explore the use of purposes within AI.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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As a compromise after that election, the Board of Supervisors approved a three-year pilot program to keep the split use of the road.Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 28 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The prior 6 billion-plus jackpots have all been won in different states — South Carolina in 2018, Michigan in 2021, Illinois in 2022, Maine and Florida in 2023 and New Jersey in March, according to the lottery.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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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
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But after rounding Cape Horn and quietly tracing the Chilean coast to little avail, its sailors found overwhelming success off of Peru in the new year, filling 450 barrels with oil from 11 whales in just two months.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Well before Rick Singer’s scheme was underway, USC quietly offered wealthy and well-connected families an alternative route to admission with much lower academic expectations and an acceptance rate of 85% to 90%.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Overly restrictive policies drive employees to seek workarounds, and misalignment between IT and business teams drives employees to seek alternative solutions.Rajat Bhargava, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Certain features make the feat of being a duffel bag traveler more achievable, and a separate shoe compartment is not the least of them.Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
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While creating a trust for estate planning purposes is a legitimate way to minimize estate taxes, the reciprocal trust doctrine espouses that taxpayers cannot use two separate, yet essentially identical, trusts to skirt those taxes.Darren T. Case, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The extra size appears to be a calculated gamble by Fury.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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On January 1, everyone takes a turn smashing it until there are thirteen pieces—one for each month of the year, and an extra for good luck.Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Utility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/utility. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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