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as in to spend
to hand over or use up in payment
redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house
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as in to consume
to make complete use of
settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter
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Recent Examples of expend
Drawbacks are a way to recover some of the capital expended on duties when goods are re-exported or, in some cases, made into something else or destroyed because of excess inventory, and $6 billion worth of eligible duty drawback funds go uncollected annually, Petersen said.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2025
Given the quality and quantity of future assets expended, this is more than that.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Before the halfway point of the first quarter, the Celtics led 25-3 and Atkinson had expended a pair of timeouts.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
If his workload is limited in any way this year, the Cubs might as well use him in the majors rather than expend those innings with Triple-A Iowa.
—Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2025
Given the quality and quantity of future assets expended, this is more than that.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Before the halfway point of the first quarter, the Celtics led 25-3 and Atkinson had expended a pair of timeouts.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
If his workload is limited in any way this year, the Cubs might as well use him in the majors rather than expend those innings with Triple-A Iowa.
—Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expend
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Massey spent the last seven years re-launching the company as president and CEO under Rob Stringer, chairman of Sony Music Group.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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Levine most recently spent a year as CEO of Kevin Hart’s media company Hartbeat.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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Melissa tells Shauna that, after learning about adult Natalie’s death on the grounds of Lottie’s doomed cult, she became consumed with guilt and paranoia; after all, her own wife doesn’t know that Melissa knew her mother, let alone probably witnessed her death.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Mar. 2025
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Early in his career, Ben Lively’s emotions consumed him.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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At its heart, the trial was about whether college athletes and former college athletes should be paid more than nothing for use of their NIL in video games and other products.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Flav has been open about his sobriety journey of the last few years and celebrated his four-year mark on World Mental Health Day by paying for fans’ online therapy.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025
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Until then, the negative effects of import taxes such as rising unemployment and a slowing economy will drain trillions of dollars from the revenues the administration hopes to raise.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Former President Joe Biden drained the reserve of more than 40% of its capacity when gas prices reached record highs, averaging more than $5 a gallon across the U.S. in June 2022.—
Dan McCaleb | The Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Apr. 2025
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The game lasts about two minutes in total before the AI calls it a day, exhausted from generating the worst gaming experience possible.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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His aunt is exhausted, unsteady on her feet, her eyes red.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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As the global economy absorbs Donald Trump's massive tariffs, Sen. Rand Paul is continuing to speak out about the negative consequences of the president's course of action.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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Scarlett Johansson stars as Lucy, a college student in Taiwan who’s forcibly recruited as a drug mule and accidentally absorbs a synthetic substance that unlocks increasing percentages of her brain capacity.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expend. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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