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used to
/ ː /
adjective
- made familiar with; accustomed to
I am used to hitchhiking
verb
- takes an infinitive or implied infinitive used as an auxiliary to express habitual or accustomed actions, states, etc, taking place in the past but not continuing into the present
I used to fish here every day
I don't drink these days, but I used to
Usage
Example Sentences
In the data used to construct the model, about 47,000 people receiving county services, 24% of those predicted to be at high risk actually became homeless compared with only 7% of the whole sample.
Dean and her attorney, Ian Wallach, said they have yet to access the affidavit behind the search warrant, which would lay out the probable cause police used to justify their actions.
Herbicides were used to strip the leaf cover from forests, increase visibility along transportation routes and destroy crops suspected of supplying guerrilla forces.
And she made a trip to a local dump to dispose of a food dehydrator prosecutors say she used to prepare the toxic meal.
"I used to have a scar here," says Le Thanh Gian, pointing to his right hand, where a bullet had once lodged.
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