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Examples
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The phrase "state work" is key; as TPM noted, the access "road to nowhere" was built with use-it or lose-it federal dollars.
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The primary means of achieving this transfer would be through the imposition of a mineral rights tax and a "use-it or lose-it principle", he said in a statement.
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Spending "use-it or lose-it" federal funds seems to be the main selling point for that project except, we are now on the hook for cost overruns.
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The genes we associated with premature disease and the possess today have gone through a use-it-or lose-it acceleration of the aging process. 25-33 This explains screening process.
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Back in The Day, TV was a use-it or lose-it thing.
Dorky Dad 2009
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With the road and bridge projects having to meet a 120-day "use-it or lose-it" threshold to garner the federal stimulus money, this situation poses a problem for MetroWest when it comes to grabbing stimulus funds.
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People are willing to do business; they are just not willing to commit to high dollar contracts on a use-it or lose-it basis.
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I jumped on the bandwagon and loosely started following his Points system, and as much as I immediately saw results on the scale, I realized that it wasn't necessarily the weight that I wanted to lose-it was some tone and muscle that I wanted to gain.
Weddingbee 2008
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This being a "use-it or lose-it is totally okay by us" state (unlike good ol 'sunny CA) I suddenly find myself with a self-appointed three day weekend.
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