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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
underuse .
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An audit conducted during the George W. Bush administration found that the government owns 14,000 vacant buildings and underuses 55,000 other locations.
Federal building cost cuts are under review Ed O'Keefe 2010
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An audit conducted during the George W. Bush administration found that the government owns 14,000 vacant buildings and underuses 55,000 other locations.
Federal building cost cuts are under review Ed O'Keefe 2010
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An audit conducted during the George W. Bush administration found that the government owns 14,000 vacant buildings and underuses 55,000 other locations.
Republicans criticize government's management of real estate holdings Jonathan O'Connell 2010
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An audit conducted during the George W. Bush administration found that the government owns 14,000 vacant buildings and underuses 55,000 other locations.
Republicans criticize government's management of real estate holdings Jonathan O'Connell 2010
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An audit conducted during the George W. Bush administration found that the government owns 14,000 vacant buildings and underuses 55,000 other locations.
Federal building cost cuts are under review Ed O'Keefe 2010
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An audit conducted during the George W. Bush administration found that the government owns 14,000 vacant buildings and underuses 55,000 other locations.
Federal building cost cuts are under review Ed O'Keefe 2010
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Unfortunately, he is also likely to have not yet developed a good ear for language, for the subtleties of sentence length, style, rhythm, and pitch … The writer who underuses the period (creating consistently long sentences) falls into two categories: either he is an amateur who thinks in an uncensored, chaotic manner, or he is a seasoned writer who crafts too-long sentences deliberately.
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I think Steve underuses his formerly large, but slowly shrinking, influence.
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Just as the show underuses Carolee Campbell and Terrence Mann, so do these photographs!
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Just as the show underuses Carolee Campbell and Terrence Mann, so do these photographs!
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