Used Definition–adjective | 1. | previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car. |
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| 3. | employed for a purpose; utilized. |
—Idiom| 4. | used to, accustomed or habituated to: I'm not used to cold weather. They weren't used to getting up so early. |
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Ford Definition–noun | 1. | a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading. |
–verb (used with object) | 2. | to cross (a river, stream, etc.) at a ford. |
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Sporting News - Found 8 hours ago
... used to doing that," Ford said. "If we were playing in five gears, we were probably playing in second tonight. We've got to get to five." Ford...
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In Detroit, Chrysler is Crashing First
US News - Found 15 hours ago
They used to be known as the Big 3. Then they got much smaller, and GM, Ford, and Chrysler became known as the Detroit 3. Soon they might be the
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Ford's (F) Downfall Threatens Kerkorian's MGM Fortunes
Street Insider - Found 18 hours ago
... was used to buy shares in Ford stock, which have since plummeted. Kerkorian has now pledged a total of 100 million MGM shares to cover the Ford...
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How Ford Uses Aerodynamics For Fuel Efficiency
MyContentBuilder - Found Oct. 17, 2008
... materials that are used to manufacture the vehicle. Take the Ford Flex, for example. The Ford Flex, which offers a new 2009 design to the Ford...
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VDOT Gives Pavement Mix A Road Test: Material Designed to Cut Noise, ...
Washington Post - Found Oct. 16, 2008
The Manassas area section, between Balls Ford Road and Sudley Manor Drive, is a test case. If successful, the surface could be used on other...
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MSNBC - Found Oct. 13, 2008
... to the streets in the form of a Ford Mustang.With auto sales at 15-year lows and traditional TV advertising less appealing than it used to be...
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The Power of Political Pratfalls
New York Times - Found Oct. 13, 2008
Chevy Chase used an incident in which Ford stumbled and made it the central feature of his impersonation on Saturday Night Live. Every Ford...
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Spy Shots: Ford Super-Duty's new 6.7L Scorpion diesel
Autoblog - Found Oct. 8, 2008
Ford and Navistar have parted ways and the Blue Oval is developing diesel engines in-house to replace the PowerStroke lumps still being used.
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