as in to spend
to make complete use of
we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles
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Here's a sample of the offers to Boost members with digital coupons, which can be used up to 5X in one transaction:
Five-pound bag of Kroger brand flour: 99 cents.
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2024
According to the ‘ecocide’ theory, the Rapanui people used up all their resources to move and build these statues, depleting the island of its native animals and vegetation.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
Later in the day, St. Paul school board members voted unanimously to use up to $3.5 million for their own plan.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 8 Oct. 2024
Driver’s licenses, for instance, are typically not necessary to operate the slower class of quadricycles, opening their use up to operators as young as 14.
—Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2024
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2024
According to the ‘ecocide’ theory, the Rapanui people used up all their resources to move and build these statues, depleting the island of its native animals and vegetation.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
Later in the day, St. Paul school board members voted unanimously to use up to $3.5 million for their own plan.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 8 Oct. 2024
Driver’s licenses, for instance, are typically not necessary to operate the slower class of quadricycles, opening their use up to operators as young as 14.
—Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2024
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Taiwan already spends billions of dollars on U.S. military equipment.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Bratcher hopes to be involved with planning and zoning, road issues and spending time on constituent services.Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 6 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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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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Retirees would also be facing a bigger benefit cut, up to 33% of their monthly checks rather than the 23% currently forecast, when the trust fund is exhausted, the group estimates.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, due to the high demand in many countries, the Pandemic Fund will exhaust most of its funds by next June.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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The whole thing played out while students were being let out of school.Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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The main storyline plays out in 1962, which is the year the Black Spot burned down, while the book places that particular tragedy in the 1930s.Nick Romano, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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With spending outpacing income gains (including disposable income increases that were also up 0.3%), consumers drew down their savings more.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Revenues are down, expenses are up and the city drew down nearly half of its general fund reserves — a pot of money for emergencies— to cover the deficit in last year’s budget, Mejia wrote.Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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Opened in 1956, Sunnyvale High School, the city’s second public high school, worked to achieve collaboration between students and educators, aiming to reduce violence and enrich the curriculum during the interracial tension that marked the 1960s and ’70s.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Roofing contractors said good roofs with years of life left are being replaced ahead of schedule to allow insurers to reduce their risk going forward.Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Other restaurants have introduced serving robots and ordering kiosks, but this is likely the most extensive use of tech for customers start to finish at a single dine-in space in Indiana — from guests utilizing remote waitlists on the app to them paying using mobile checkout.Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2024
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Youtubers can use Act-One to shine a light on lives in their communities filled with twists, tenacity, and strength.Gerui Wang, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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