By the late 1980s the idea had entered common usage.

"Band-aid" has also entered usage as a term for any temporary fix.

Soldiers commented on the similar shape of early grenades and the name entered common usage.

Several of the words and phrases invented for the show soon entered common usage, the most famous being the word lurgi.

Consequently, by 1859 Bain's telegraph was in use on only one line and never really entered general usage.

The term is believed to have entered online usage by 1981.

However, it was not until the early 13th century that the term fully entered regular official usage.

Several participants subsequently introduced this term at their offices, and it quickly entered common usage.

Expressions like "house poor" and "living to pay the mortgage" didn't enter popular usage for nothing.

Some of these new words enter wide usage while others remain restricted to small circles.