Synonyms for used
yuzd or, for 4 , yustused

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1. usedadjective

   That is or has or have been used.

   The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.

   Synonyms:
   second-hand, pre-owned

   Antonyms:
   new, unused

Princeton's WordNet

1. secondhand, usedadjective

   previously used or owned by another

   "bought a secondhand (or used) car"

2. usedadjective

   employed in accomplishing something

   "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker

3. exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimized, victimisedadjective

   (of persons) taken advantage of

   "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"

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1. List of paraphrases for "used":

   use, utilized, employed, uses, utilised, applied, employee, using, accustomed, served, exploited, spent, employees, utilizes, utilize, consumed, operated, resorted, second-hand, invoked, usada, appeal, implemented, utilization

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1. Elissa Epel:

   It is a perfect storm between changes in environment, loss of social anchors and increases in cognitive stress, and then on top of that, most of us are not getting the quality sleep that we used to.

2. Aristides Aloice Kashula:

   In my opinion, chimps are important for the country's economic growth, they can be used as a national symbol for tourist attraction into this area of Tanzania, generating income which should later be used for sustainable development of the communities.

3. Claudio Aspesi:

   The business has proven fairly volatile and therefore it has become little bit of a headache for management, in general it's not growing as fast and as well as it used to grow years ago.

4. Glenn Huniche:

   That is something that is going to be game changing in the years to come, with the upturn, conventional (tanker) owners are coming back with money in their pockets - and that can be used in instruments like this.

5. Tom Whitmeyer:

   Liquid hydrogen is at a negative 450 degrees Fahrenheit( negative 268 degrees Celsius), liquid oxygen is negative 273( negative 169 degrees Celsius), so it's very cold substances, i used to participate in this back in the Shuttle Program and it's like watching a ballet. You've got pressure, volume and temperature. And you're really kind of working all those parameters to have a successful tanking operation.