expended; expending; expends
1
: to pay out : spend
… the social services upon which public revenue is expended.—
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expender
noun
Examples of expend in a Sentence
Are we willing to expend the time and resources required to solve the problem?
redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house
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One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
In recent years, the United States has produced only a dozen to a few hundred missiles annually under standard procurement cycles, according to Defense Department budget documents, a rate far below what could be expended in even a short, high-intensity conflict.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Precision missiles, artillery shells, drones, and air defense missiles are usually expended much faster than initially anticipated.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
Some Gulf states have used a significant portion of their interceptor inventories, with estimates suggesting Bahrain may have expended up to 87% of its Patriot missiles, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have used roughly 75% and Qatar has used roughly 40%.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
In recent years, the United States has produced only a dozen to a few hundred missiles annually under standard procurement cycles, according to Defense Department budget documents, a rate far below what could be expended in even a short, high-intensity conflict.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Precision missiles, artillery shells, drones, and air defense missiles are usually expended much faster than initially anticipated.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
Some Gulf states have used a significant portion of their interceptor inventories, with estimates suggesting Bahrain may have expended up to 87% of its Patriot missiles, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have used roughly 75% and Qatar has used roughly 40%.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for expend
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expend. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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