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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a device used" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a tool or instrument that serves a specific function or purpose.
Example: "The smartphone is a device used for communication, entertainment, and information access."
Alternatives: "an instrument utilized" or "a tool employed".
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The particles came from a device used during surgery.
He then addresses the camera (a device used frequently in the show), defending his language.
Tells about a device used to get them to land promptly because every second counts.
The treatment employs a device used by track runners but infrequently by marathon runners.
This is cinematic fraud: a device used to extort our approval.
The laser, a device used in everything from astrophysics to biology, was invented 50 years ago.
A microscope image made with a device used to isolate individual cells.
Ending one corridor is a cylindri-cal niche, also a device used for display.
ECMO is a device used to support patients with severe pulmonary or cardiac failure.
The French reporters were given a device used to transmit simultaneous translations, but not headsets.
The flash-forward, a device used much less, interjects future events in the same way.
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