use up
verb
used up; using up; uses up
: to exhaust of strength or useful properties
land that has been used up
Examples of use up in a Sentence
we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles
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Now is the time to use up leftover FSA money.
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Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025
The program allows children not enrolled in public schools to use up to 90% of the state dollars that would have otherwise gone to their public school district for private school tuition or homeschooling costs.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
In Homemade Trail Mix Trail mix is a great place to use up various shelf-stable snacks, including sunflower seeds.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 27 Nov. 2025
Anthropic, for instance, expanded its Google deal last month to use up to one million TPUs.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
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Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025
The program allows children not enrolled in public schools to use up to 90% of the state dollars that would have otherwise gone to their public school district for private school tuition or homeschooling costs.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
In Homemade Trail Mix Trail mix is a great place to use up various shelf-stable snacks, including sunflower seeds.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 27 Nov. 2025
Anthropic, for instance, expanded its Google deal last month to use up to one million TPUs.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for use up
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“Use up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/use%20up. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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