Definition of "usages" []

• Plural form of usage. (noun)

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• "You make a good point about the subjective annoyance of certain usages, but as a professional I try to be objective …"
• "And I ought to have clarified that I'm most interested in English usages of the word, from about 1580 through the Civil War though I'm also interested in any changes prior to or after that, when applied to other Englishmen/women."
• "But despite all of your "search hits" for some of the phrase usages he cites, you ignore the cumulative nature of all of these likeness occurring, individually dismissing them out of hand a priori."