"That seemed a much more useful overall way to use the time."

And a useful way to do it is at hand.

Or companies may use scholarships to focus research in ways useful to themselves.

Representative government is also a useful way of getting us to think about the common good.

Bound to be able to make himself useful one way or the other.

It has been described as a useful way to improve foreign language skills.

I'm quite different than I was and maybe in a useful way as an actor.

It didn't market you or your business in a tangible, useful way.

Having made that step, they found much to agree upon and many useful ways to work together.

This is after all the most useful way of spending the money.