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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
"There's not so much the stigma that there used to be that it's really taboo and people are a lot more supportive of doing what will make you feel happy."
"We had space in the house, were used to having children, and had the time."
The United States used to be the kind of country that welcomed the persecuted, but I guess she didn’t see us as the best option.
"I can see a lot of me in her, because of her age and, because that's the way I used to be," he said.
In it Ms Wynn-Williams, who used to be the company's global public policy director, makes a series of critical claims about what she witnessed during her seven years at Facebook.
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