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How to use the word use-up in a Sentence?

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The FDA and The CDC clearly believe that people need two doses. And the reason that New York and many other places have been able to move forward with a first dose out to everybody, is because we've been able to show them that more doses are coming and that second doses will be able to be given to people, so given that, we encourage people to go ahead and use up all their doses as first doses.

Ashish Jha

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I put my twist on it by really caramelizing the pizza pieces until they’re almost like croutons and the cheese gets nice and crispy, the eggs start to rehydrate the pizza also, so it’s the perfect way to use up leftovers that are going stale.

Shay Spence

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Having a general plan of the meals you plan on cooking for the week will help you know what fruits and veggies to buy at the grocery store and help you use up your produce efficiently, you'll reduce food waste and ultimately save money.

Al Bochi

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Since China built hydropower plants, new sand almost never reaches us, if we use up the sand we have here, there will be no more.

Duong Van Ni

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

We issued our emergency regulations back in November, and at that time, we were pretty clear about the fact that there would be a six-month transition period for retailers to use up their existing supply, we felt that was a sufficient amount of time to deplete stock on hand and adapt to California's new rules.

Alex Traverso

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I foresee the time when industry shall no longer denude the forests which require generations to mature, nor use up the mines which were ages in the making, but shall draw its materials largely from the annual produce of the fields.

Henry Ford, 1934

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

Will Rogers

added by anonymous
15 years ago

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