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countable and uncountable, plural reuses
The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable. examples
The act of using again, or in another place. examples
third-person singular simple present reuses, present participle reusing, simple past and past participle reused
To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else). examples
To use again, or in another place. quotations examples
The estimated 2.7 million cubic metres of chalk and flint excavated from each tunnel (and then mixed with water to create slurry) will be treated and then reused to landscape the site and create a 127-hectare chalk grassland habitat.
2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52