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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
When prey becomes scarce or shifts to deeper or cooler waters, predators must travel farther and expend more energy to find food.
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Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Then, the Clippers willingly expended their draft capital in hopes to open a championship window.
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Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Their role was not necessarily to destroy the air-defense system outright but to saturate it, forcing it to expend its interceptor missiles before the cruise missiles arrived.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
Those who track their sleep expend excessive time and effort for little benefit.
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Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Then, the Clippers willingly expended their draft capital in hopes to open a championship window.
—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Their role was not necessarily to destroy the air-defense system outright but to saturate it, forcing it to expend its interceptor missiles before the cruise missiles arrived.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
Those who track their sleep expend excessive time and effort for little benefit.
—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for expend
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During our time away, our neighbors visited with us at the hospital, looked after our house and came over daily to feed and spend time with our cat.
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American doctors are so conspicuously well-paid that a group of economic researchers spent years trying to figure out why.
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Every one of those calls consumes tokens and touches a system with its own permissions.
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Public health data has taught us that alcohol, which can be fine when consumed in moderation, can be harmful to individual and societal health in excessive amounts.
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The goal is to brighten—not shrink or damage—your fabrics, so pay special attention to heat sensitivity and fiber type.
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In California, drivers pay some of the highest prices in the country.
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Conwell drained a three on his first shot but then missed six in a row, before hitting another three late in the third quarter.
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The promotion dropped on Monday, June 29 and almost immediately, the original $150,000 budget allocated to the promotion was drained —covering some 25,000 pulls.
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Budweiser's free beer promotion for America's 250th and its own 150th anniversary quickly exhausted its initial $150,000 budget, disappointing many.
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His one non-negotiable is that his players take a similar approach and are exhausted when leaving the pitch.
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Often, firming lotions are thick and leave a white cast, but this Olay option, which more than 30,000 buyers have picked up in the past month alone, is lightweight, non-greasy, and absorbs quickly.
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For decades, oceans have acted as the planet’s main heat sink, absorbing 90% of the excess heat produced by humans burning fossil fuels.
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expend. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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