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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
Israel has expended tens of thousands of these numerous munitions since the current conflict began in October 2023.
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Paul Iddon, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Dry fuel is much easier and quicker to ignite than wet fuel, since the fire needs to expend less energy on evaporation.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Between 2019 and now, we have been obliged to expend yet more effort trying to recoup at least some of our costs.
—The Editors, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
The first-stage booster flew for a record-tieng 20th time, but was expended getting the payload to medium-Earth orbit.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Paul Iddon, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Dry fuel is much easier and quicker to ignite than wet fuel, since the fire needs to expend less energy on evaporation.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Between 2019 and now, we have been obliged to expend yet more effort trying to recoup at least some of our costs.
—The Editors, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
The first-stage booster flew for a record-tieng 20th time, but was expended getting the payload to medium-Earth orbit.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Ellis spent more than 31 years behind bars before Nassau County Judge Patricia Harrington tossed his conviction in 2021.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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More Pro Wrestling: Hardy Boys To Rejoin WWE Soon, Matt Hardy Predicts After spending a couple more years at TNA, Ali publicly requested for his release from WWE.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Of course, rules to reduce nicotine in cigarettes would have no impact on nicotine in e-cigarettes, which have largely replaced combustible tobacco as one of the main ways young people now consume nicotine.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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And the reach of all these different channels combined is really critical because people are consuming their news in a lot of different ways, not just watching a linear broadcast but across social media and all these streaming channels.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2025
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The survey found that the importance of both work-life balance and pay increased with age, with baby boomers valuing them the most, at 88 percent and 87 percent, respectively.—
Aliss Higham,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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In Miami-Dade County, assuming a minimum of $225 per citation, the more than 145,000 citations issued this school year would yield more than $32.6 million if all were paid.—
Carlos Suarez,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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And, if more private schools did open in rural areas, that would drain enrollment from public schools that often served as centers of the community.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 2025
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Cornell said the next step is to drain the New Glenn rocket of its fuel.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
13 Jan. 2025
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Two of those teenagers, Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall, lay flat on their backs at full time, exhausted by yet another 90 minutes.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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But the last of those emergency dollars are being exhausted this fiscal year and won’t be available to help in the next two-year state budget, which Lamont will propose to lawmakers on Feb. 5.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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Sustainable farming practices, such as planting cover crops or reducing fertilizer use, will also prevent nutrient runoff from feeding the algal blooms, as would reducing the amount of land that’s covered in concrete and installing more green infrastructure that absorbs rainwater.—
Diana Kruzman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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Remove any solids and blot the area with a paper towel to absorb as much oil and grease as possible.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expend. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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