How to Use expenditure in a Sentence

expenditure

noun
  • The project will require an expenditure of effort on everyone's part.
  • The energy expenditure was significant.
  • This might be about earnings or a big expenditure.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Players can aim for a level of expenditure that keeps it fun and low-risk.
    — Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023
  • If ever there were a reason where for an expenditure of this amount, this is it.
    — New York Times, 20 May 2022
  • Booming revenues are all well and good but of little use if your expenditure is through the roof.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 June 2025
  • The board of trustees did not need to take any formal action on the library’s expenditure.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 18 May 2021
  • The body tries to cool itself down, which leads to an increase in calorie expenditure.
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 19 Feb. 2025
  • And it's been the lowest capital expenditure in the last two years, so that didn't drive it.
    — CBS News, 31 July 2022
  • But those expenditures only tell part of the story.
    — Benjamin F. Henwood, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
  • That helped drive the largest first-quarter capital expenditure in at least a decade.
    — Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 14 May 2026
  • Looking at the expenditures would help the district close the gap the most, Bridges said.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
  • This might relate to your earnings or to a major expenditure.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
  • State pensions make up a large share of France’s social expenditure.
    — Ana Nicolaci Da Costa, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The study also found the total state expenditure on alcohol and the year-over-year growth.
    — Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Not to mention the city budget, worth more than the budgets of many states, so paint shouldn’t be an over-the-top expenditure.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Commuting to and from work is a huge expenditure of time and energy.
    — Mark Samuel, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Physician pay doesn’t even crack the top 3 of health care expenditures, much less account for the rising cost of care.
    — Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Together, these effects can lead to a higher caloric expenditure and more fat loss.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • A lot hinges on personal expenditures for goods and services.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The enormous expenditure for this war with Iran will cost our country dearly for decades.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • But the expenditures are necessary for her tribe to finally win its land and a share of water.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2025
  • And work is nearly complete on a detailed expenditure plan that would restrict how the money could be used.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
  • This tiny action could save you from major damage and untold expenditures.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The expenditure can be added to future budgets as part of the annual meeting cost.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022
  • My office used to keep about $1 billion in our checking account to meet the expenditures.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024
  • Large jets are also expected to account for about two-thirds of all expenditures of new business jets in the next five years.
    — Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The two programs now pay out more than $2 trillion a year, more than one-third of all federal expenditures.
    — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
  • At least 30% of below-the-line expenditure is spent in Hong Kong.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
  • That’s just over a third of the prison’s total expenditures and the most money the department spent on anything.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected], al, 20 Feb. 2023

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