Dictionary of English - utilize

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Avoid using utilize to mean simply 'use'. Utilize is best confined to the sense 'put something to an unusual or unexpected practical use': The children made a tent, utilizing the clothes-line and some old curtains. Even in this sense, it is nearly always possible, and more elegant, to say use.

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