Sentence examples for in its current usage from inspiring English sources
In its current usage, the term has somewhat contradictory connotations: it may signal an opinion that a certain movie is (a) a genre film with minimal artistic ambitions or (b) a lively, energetic film uninhibited by the constraints imposed on more expensive projects and unburdened by the conventions of putatively "serious" independent film.
" 'Fundamentalist' evokes fear, suspicion, and other repulsive connotations in its current usage.
In its current usage, the elided word gotcha is an attributive noun modifying journalism or politics or, alliteratively, gang.
The term first appeared in its current usage in 1958.
In this review I argue that, in its current usage, WBD is a theoretically inconsistent criterion, and that its main premise, that a functioning brain is required for integrative life, is flawed.
Thus, an application in the food industry is a possible alternative to its current usage in biosensors for glucose ([ 12, 13]) or lactose ([ 14– 16]) and as a bleaching agent ([ 17– 17]).
As one central goal of our paper consists in clarifying the actual possibilities and limitations of PM, we decided to analyse its current usage in the sciences.
The word adaptation does not stem from its current usage in evolutionary biology but rather dates back to the early 17th century, when it was used to indicate a relation between design and function or how something fits into something else.
Its current usage derives from debates in America in the first half of the last century.
The phrasedick Fred Shapiro at Yale tracked it back in its current sense to a 1961 usage by Thomas Schelling in Operations Research magazine: "Measures to locate and design our strategic forces so as to minimize collateral damage".
Despite its almost universal usage, cardioplegia in its current form is associated with potential downsides rendering those cardioprotective regimens a less than optimal choice in certain clinical situations and certain patient collectives.
