Deal with
Deal with verb - To behave toward in a stated way.
Usage example: it's important to deal with others fairly
Use
Use verb - To behave toward in a stated way.
Usage example: the factory workers were underpaid and poorly used by their employers
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Played straight again when both have to deal with and use the Progenitor technology.
Source: Video Game / Homeworld - He does manage to deal with this and becomes a level-headed Lancer in the second season... unless he encounters anyone making use of the Powers of Darkness.
Source: Break The Cutie / Anime - They inhered her ability to use magic and now they must use to deal with the Town's Strangeness...Tropes: Crossover: Duh.
Source: Creator / Emma Iveli
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