1
as in to pay
to hand over or use up in payment
I always end up spending too much money at the mall
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2
as in to consume
to make complete use of
the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January
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as in to waste
to use up carelessly
spent all his energy on impractical schemes
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Recent Examples of spend
Miller spends many hours in the space, whose glass roof is by Global Solarium, not having to worry about soiling the teak table and rattan chairs by Sika or concrete counters by Cement Elegance.
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David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
The 35-year-old suffered an amniotic fluid embolism and spent 10 hours fighting for her life, but doctors couldn't save her.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
In 2023, OpenSecrets reported that Intuit had spent more than $45.7 million on federal lobbying since 1998, including $3.5 million in 2022.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Taiwan already spends billions of dollars on U.S. military equipment.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
The 35-year-old suffered an amniotic fluid embolism and spent 10 hours fighting for her life, but doctors couldn't save her.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
In 2023, OpenSecrets reported that Intuit had spent more than $45.7 million on federal lobbying since 1998, including $3.5 million in 2022.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Taiwan already spends billions of dollars on U.S. military equipment.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The company has settled a legal proceeding related to a lease agreement, agreeing to pay $100,000 in rent and $13,953 in nonrefundable rent deposit.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The developers agreed to pay him another $50,000 later, the indictment said.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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If necessary, vampire bats can gorge and consume four times their body weight in liquid.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Koalas spend most of their time sleeping and eating — consuming a diet mostly of eucalyptus leaves.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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Good post for a mid- to late-November afternoon: 70 to 100 yards back in timber and along the thickest, nastiest ditch that leads out to crops. 59) Don’t waste precious rut-hunting time.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Yet, at least once, maybe twice a month, they get totally wasted and the wife calls me and rambles on incoherently.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The abuse victims’ attorneys, however, suggested that not funding the trust immediately would short-change people who had already been victimized by the church, given how the value of that trust could erode with time and inflation.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Two days after the nation’s voters gave Donald Trump another term as president, Gov. Gavin Newsom staged a publicity stunt to position California — and presumably himself — as the epicenter of resistance.Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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In October, the company revealed plans to raise as much as $35 billion to refill its quickly draining treasury, a tricky dance considering that new debt would threaten its barely-there investment-grade credit rating.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
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But harassment campaigns and lawsuits that drain companies of time, money, resources and trust are much easier and can be just as punitive.Sara Fischer, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Philadelphia has beaten up on weak competition, defeating the Browns, Giants, Bengals, Jaguars and Cowboys — all five teams have losing records and a combined record of 13-35.Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The pay television side lost 43,000 subscribers in the third quarter, while Sling TV gained 145,000.Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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The divisive race has left Americans exhausted and on edge, Sonoma State Political Science Professor David McCuan said.Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Javonte Williams, Running Back Williams, 24, came to Denver with high expectations after the team exhausted a second-round pick on the North Carolina product back in 2021.Vincent Frank, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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When chytrid fungus colonizes the skin, electrolytes can’t get absorbed.Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
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The four straightforward and thoughtfully built cubes not only absorbed all of our clothes and toiletries volume-wise, but were water resistant enough to keep wet bathing suits and stinky running socks.Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Spend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spend. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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