Collocations withusage
These are words often used in combination withusage.
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actual usage
It is apparent then that the actual usage is mistaken.
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average usage
Average usage of the eight stations comprised in the service is about 1,700 passengers a day each way, which is low compared with other suburban services of its type.
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bandwidth usage
Given the inevitable pixel limitations of a retinal prosthesis, it is advantageous to maximize bandwidth usage by supplying preprocessed data to the neural interface.
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coal usage
Therefore, both the options that are considered here include the high-efficiency boiler, hence coal usage is the same.
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codon usage
For a number of organisms, evidence suggests that biased codon usage reflects the action of selection to maximize translational efficiency and accuracy.
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common usage
Moreover, the empirical basis of the claim may be weaker than its common usage suggests.
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computer usage
A single hierarchical tree was produced to aid computer usage, with an expansion of all sections, particularly acquired heart disease and post-surgical complications and sequels, culminating in over 4,300 terms.
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contemporary usage
It supplied a substitute terminology grounded in contemporary usage, in archive sources as well as printed works.
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correct usage
This property is essential for the correct usage of two different stacks for variable instantiations.
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current usage
There is a certainly a degree of woolliness in the current usage of transnationalism.
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daily usage
But this extraordinary vernacular somehow seeps into the mundane, becoming a type of "daily usage" as well.
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electricity usage
The final section on ' innovative sources and methods ' is (inevitably) eclectic but stimulating and covers social surveys, electricity usage, population records and music and dance.
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everyday usage
To outweigh this combination of scientific theory and everyday usage, powerful countervailing considerations would be needed.
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fuel usage
The last two columns compare the fuel usage in an optimal solution and the minimum fuel usage in the linear relaxation of the problem instance.
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heavy usage
The only people to pay a little more will be those firms that have had a heavy usage of man-made fibres.
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incorrect usage
In this study, the grammatical measure included omissions of articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs, and contractions, and incorrect usage of word order and negatives.
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increased usage
Increased usage in patients with vascular disease could be achieved by improving public knowledge of the bene ts of prophylactic aspirin.
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internet usage
English-fluency, marriage, internet usage, and religiosity enhance social connections and infrastructures, and form camaraderie.
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language usage
In the every context of language usage, over time and under specific conditions, words change (or extend) their meanings.
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linguistic usage
It is marked linguistic usage because it still reflects a lack of "just saying" what we mean (and being "direct").
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media usage
People who paid more attention were better informed, but regardless of media usage most people were better informed in election years.
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memory usage
Also, their collectors result in general in lower pause times and have better memory usage.
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modern usage
Here, 'comfortable' does not mean a warm feeling in the tummy, as modern usage would suggest.
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normal usage
This is to stretch their normal usage a bit: 'preference' is usually reserved for comparative attitudes, preferring something over something else.
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ordinary usage
To be sure, it is an extension of ordinary usage to use 'duty' here, but analytically it is correct.
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peak usage
There is a considerable difference between peak usage and trough usage within a 24-hour cycle.
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pesticide usage
Positive significant shares of soybeans, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, and fruits18 suggest higher pesticide usage on most of the major cash crops for export.
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popular usage
Such popular usage is more effective than formal religious discourse.
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practical usage
In that sense we resist the charge of isolationism, of analytically ignoring relations between things or of disregarding the dynamics of practice and practical usage.
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proper usage
Some of the wrinkles in spelling can, of course, be smoothed out by proper usage.
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standard usage
In principle, this applies to all specialist terms, including those which become de-terminologized by being used metaphorically or less precisely in standard usage.
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usage pattern
The most common usage pattern was once daily and the preferred type of deodorant was a spray.
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usage scenario
In a common usage scenario a reference antenna would be used as a transfer standard.
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water usage
Slight changes in the time of water usage might reduce exposure to cercariae considerably.
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widespread usage
This version is not in widespread usage and should be more fully explained in the opening chapters.
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