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as in expense
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
you'll have to drastically cut back on your clothing expenditures if you hope to save anything
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as in effort
the active use of energy in producing a result
the expenditure of the nation's military might on wars that may or may not involve the national interest
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Recent Examples of expenditure
The critical question remains whether Oracle can effectively monetize that $523 billion backlog swiftly enough to validate the capital expenditures and manage the debt without compromising profitability.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
No recent administration has proposed financing even the interest payments component of the deficit via reductions in expenditures.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
For example, short sleep duration (≤5–6 hours) is associated with $1,278–$1,400 in additional annual healthcare expenditures.
—Essence, 21 Jan. 2026
This tiny action could save you from major damage and untold expenditures.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
No recent administration has proposed financing even the interest payments component of the deficit via reductions in expenditures.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
For example, short sleep duration (≤5–6 hours) is associated with $1,278–$1,400 in additional annual healthcare expenditures.
—Essence, 21 Jan. 2026
This tiny action could save you from major damage and untold expenditures.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expenditure
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For the full year 2026, the team expects total expenses to be between $162 billion and $169 billion, significantly above the $150 billion analyst estimate.—
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CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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Building a website, creating professional product imagery, testing ideas, and running marketing campaigns can all be done without agencies or large upfront expenses.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The victims, all elementary school students, got into difficulty in a frozen pond in Bonham, a city about 60 miles northeast of Dallas, triggering a desperate effort by their mother and a neighbor to save them, FOX 4 reported.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The project also reflects Beijing’s broader effort to anchor long-term energy security with low-carbon baseload power.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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That has certainly been the case for some consumers, battered by inflation, tariffs and high borrowing costs that have sparked an affordability crisis.—
Mari Sato The Dallas Morning News,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026
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The company’s rapid integration technique is quick, low-cost and effective.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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China’s cabinet on Thursday rolled out a work plan to boost services consumption — from cruise and yacht tourism to elder care services and more sports events — as policymakers sought to boost the share of consumption in its economy over the next five years.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Hinton’s work shows how institutions—from urban police to public housing and segregated, underfunded schools—have, through their practices, entrenched a racially unjust status quo.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Expenditure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expenditure. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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