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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
Targeting multiple muscle groups expends calories more efficiently.
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Jakob Roze, Health, 14 July 2025
Sorry to expend everyonès' tAme on one so insignifigant and useless.
—Peter Aitken
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
One study showed that those walking at a 5% to 10% grade with a weight vest of 10% body mass expended 13% more calories.3
The vest's weight also adds pressure to the bones, encouraging new bone cell growth and reducing bone loss.
—Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 10 July 2025
Given how much energy Healy expended in making the break, his team are still watching nervously.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 12 July 2025
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Jakob Roze, Health, 14 July 2025
Sorry to expend everyonès' tAme on one so insignifigant and useless.
—Peter Aitken
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
One study showed that those walking at a 5% to 10% grade with a weight vest of 10% body mass expended 13% more calories.3
The vest's weight also adds pressure to the bones, encouraging new bone cell growth and reducing bone loss.
—Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 10 July 2025
Given how much energy Healy expended in making the break, his team are still watching nervously.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expend
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Soliman spent about four years at Cincinnati Children's, first arriving in the United States in 2014 after being persecuted in his native Egypt for work in support of freelance journalists.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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Pyne spent 15 seasons there as a firefighter, some of them living in an old cabin built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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Good Culture took advantage of its own viral moment with an ad campaign embracing the various ways of preparing and consuming its product.—
Danielle Wiener-Bronner,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
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And each switch requires the brain to reorient itself, which consumes mental energy and slows overall performance, Dr. Schiff explains.—
Noma Nazish,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Any cleaning that needs to be done to meet the landlord’s standards is then paid for using the security deposit.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 July 2025
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But the borrower must still pay the mortgage every month.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
20 July 2025
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The answer is to stop dating men who drain your brilliance, and to start dating as the woman who chooses herself first.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Several of Yazan’s four older siblings also looked thin and drained.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
25 July 2025
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Ferrell, who contended that their father wanted to be cremated, ultimately agreed to a settlement, reportedly after exhausting nearly $100,000 in legal fees and running out of funds to continue the fight.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
23 July 2025
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The goal is to exhaust the activist organization’s resources and force them to shut down.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The mineral is used as a physical barrier sitting on top of the skin (unlike chemical sunscreen, which absorbs into the skin), providing broad-spectrum protection against sun damage immediately after application.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 July 2025
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Some of that tariff cost will be passed on to consumers, and some will be absorbed by U.S. tomato importers, Badillo said.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expend. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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