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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
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.
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Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Lamont vetoed the plan but later compromised with the legislature and accepted an accounting gimmick that still expended the funds after first moving them outside of the formal budget, effectively circumventing the cap.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
Naturally, a fair bit of tactics will force these athletes to expend enough energy to reach the finals.
—Cory Mull, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
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Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Lamont vetoed the plan but later compromised with the legislature and accepted an accounting gimmick that still expended the funds after first moving them outside of the formal budget, effectively circumventing the cap.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025
Naturally, a fair bit of tactics will force these athletes to expend enough energy to reach the finals.
—Cory Mull, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expend
Verb
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As their name suggests, these tortoises spend most of their time in large burrows that are usually 15 feet long and 6.5 feet deep.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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Deep Sea Hues Image Panerai spent nearly three years perfecting the blue of its ceramic, a matte color that has no official name.—
Roberta Naas,
New York Times,
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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Werner heard that one of her scholarships—which had been administered by the center—was being eliminated, sending her into a panic about how to pay for school.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Federal investigators ultimately found that its officers use excessive force, discriminate against Black people, conduct stops and searches without probable cause, and arrest people purely for not having the money to pay fines.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
14 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
Verb
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But the Cold War stocks are finite, slowly being exhausted.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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That exhausts herself to the last drop of energy.—
Daniela Avila,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This form of creatine is less bioavailable than creatine monohydrate, meaning your body doesn't absorb it as well.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
17 Apr. 2025
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Because when so many Americans are tightening grocery budgets, scaling back meals, and absorbing the daily drip of scarcity, a pass that promises a burger a day doesn’t feel indulgent.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expend. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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