as in use
the capacity for being useful for some purpose
the well-known usefulness of thick phone books as seat boosters for short diners
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Recent Examples of usefulness
Russell Vought, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, downplayed his past comments about the usefulness of shutting down the federal government to achieve conservative policy aims.
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
This end-to-end approach both prevents fraudulent traffic and restores the usefulness of customer analytics and acquisition strategies.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
The authors’ research shows that emphasizing this simple fact — the essential role of humans in AI tools — can boost perceptions of AI’s usefulness and reduce resistance to adoption.
—Oguz A. Acar,
anne-Kathrin Klesse,
mirjam A. Tuk, Harvard Business Review, 7 Jan. 2025
These things are often years out from their true usefulness.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
This end-to-end approach both prevents fraudulent traffic and restores the usefulness of customer analytics and acquisition strategies.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
The authors’ research shows that emphasizing this simple fact — the essential role of humans in AI tools — can boost perceptions of AI’s usefulness and reduce resistance to adoption.
—Oguz A. Acar,
anne-Kathrin Klesse,
mirjam A. Tuk, Harvard Business Review, 7 Jan. 2025
These things are often years out from their true usefulness.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for usefulness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for usefulness
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
Noun
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Readers may be surprised by a scene in which a young Michaels, himself a comedian, pitches jokes to Woody Allen, to little avail.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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The surviving members even took a crack at properly recording and mixing it in 1995, to little avail.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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How do utilities prioritize power restoration for those receiving home care who rely on electricity to maintain their vitals?—
Josh Klein,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Locals, however, have no doubt: Entergy, the local power utility, screwed something up.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Usefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/usefulness. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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