Literary notes about Utilize (AI summary)
In literature, the term "utilize" is often employed to denote a deliberate and strategic allocation of resources, whether they be tangible, like manpower or material, or intangible, such as knowledge and energy. In historical and military narratives, for instance, it highlights the efficient mobilization of available forces to gain advantage [1] and leverage natural terrain [2]. In practical discourses, the word underscores the methods by which surplus materials or underused capacities are put to effective use [3], [4]. In more reflective or philosophical works, authors extend the meaning of "utilize" to suggest the purposeful application of skills and ideas toward lasting improvement and progress [5], [6], [7]. Overall, its varied usage underscores a common theme: the intentional, suitable, and optimal use of all assets at one’s disposal [8], [9].
- The fourth Sauckel action, therefore, was led in such a manner as to utilize all of France’s manpower.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various - Thus you will at once act for the benefit of your soldiers and utilize the natural advantages of the ground.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi - To utilize folds of ground for concealment in advancing and firing.
— from Military Instructors Manual by J. P. (James Perry) Cole - Yet we want to utilize as much energy as possible.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams - I endeavored to utilize a good education and some accomplishments in music and the languages by giving lessons and by contributing to the press.
— from The Crusade of the Excelsior by Bret Harte - A desire to utilize knowledge is one thing; the pure desire to know is another.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville - It is a familiar fact that the young of the higher animals, and especially the human young, have to learn to utilize their instinctive reactions.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - "Accordingly, professor, I don't extract it with batteries; quite simply, I utilize the heat of coal from the earth."
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - In the mechanical arts, the sciences become methods of managing things so as to utilize their energies for recognized aims.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
