If the rule does not match such widespread usage, it is the rule, not the example, that has to go.
They remain in widespread usage today, and will, to greater or lesser extents, be bandied around on 14 February.
Once a word, phrase or sound bite wins widespread usage, it escapes the promulgator's possession and enters the wide world of the public domain.
However, if quick action is not taken, then the Assad regime will view this as a signal of international acceptance of his widespread usage of chemical weapons.
Indeed, although Minitel had achieved widespread usage among groups that were otherwise averse to new technology, it was shuttered in 2012 because of its rising costs.
Since then, social entrepreneurship has established itself as a global field, and the term has gained widespread usage, particularly in the past decade.
By 1975 the word "hacker", which was now in widespread usage, was defined in the Jargon File, a glossary for computer programmers, as "a person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities".
Killings by Afghan forces of their coalition counterparts have intensified in recent years in Afghanistan, where the military's term for such attacks — it calls them green-on-blue killings — has entered widespread usage.
Security and privacy concerns on biometrics limit their widespread usage in real-life applications.
