1
as in to pay
to hand over or use up in payment
I always end up spending too much money at the mall
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2
as in to consume
to make complete use of
the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January
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3
as in to waste
to use up carelessly
spent all his energy on impractical schemes
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Recent Examples of spend
Oracle shares fell Tuesday following a report from The Information questioning its plans to spend billions on Nvidia chips for cloud rentals to clients like OpenAI.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Ilaria Icardi, who has her own jewelry brand and works for Prada, spent seven years as Beckham’s head womenswear designer, helping the brand shift from dresses to a fuller clothing offer.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Two of the Dodgers’ other important relievers coming into the season, Kirby Yates and Michael Kopech, spent Tuesday throwing simulated at-bats to hitters instead of being on the active roster.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The days were long and Birney and especially Moore spent many of them half-naked.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Ilaria Icardi, who has her own jewelry brand and works for Prada, spent seven years as Beckham’s head womenswear designer, helping the brand shift from dresses to a fuller clothing offer.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Two of the Dodgers’ other important relievers coming into the season, Kirby Yates and Michael Kopech, spent Tuesday throwing simulated at-bats to hitters instead of being on the active roster.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The days were long and Birney and especially Moore spent many of them half-naked.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spend
Verb
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One suggested paying for outside services, such as privatized tutoring.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Most other federal workers, however, do not get paid, even if they are deemed essential and required to work.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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This is a record of warmth and passion, one that hangs on the conviction that nobody has ever felt so consumed by the dizzy, wild and blissed-out rush of infatuation.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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The advice in the 2025 scientific reports hasn't changed much from previous years, and includes an emphasis on consuming fruits and vegetables, lean meats and whole grains.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Families are struggling with rising costs while City Hall wastes millions.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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This team is too talented and the defense is too good to waste a season waiting for the play caller to develop.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At AbbVie, 92% of employees give extra effort at work compared to just 59% of employees at a typical European workplace.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Processing extras’ job bookings has helped give Everyset a window in to where work is now, as Hollywood grapples with major studios cutting the number of annual big theatrical bets and shortening TV episode orders from the Peak TV days of just a few years ago.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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González, not known as a shooter when the Celtics drafted him, drained one of two 3-point attempts.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Most indoor plants are watered from the top until the water drains from the pot through the drainage holes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Oct. 2025
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And even after losing Gerrit Cole to Tommy John surgery in spring training, the Yankees’ rotation finished with the fourth-best ERA in baseball.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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People are losing their jobs and millions are about to lose their health care.—
Maria Shriver,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Vacherot won the next two points, exhausting Djokovic in a rally to get to 40-Ad.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Gustafson moved her feet, absorbed the bump from Thomas and kept her arms vertical.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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In other words, students prepare for citizenship in a disputatious society by practicing the civic arts—by asserting and advocating for their views—not by meekly absorbing lessons from their instructors.—
Christopher L. Eisgruber,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Spend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spend. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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