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
Verb
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Republicans have opposed public funding for meals consumed by students whose families can afford to pay for the food.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Odell emphasized that the structure of Studio DRBZ was well suited to the way content is created and consumed in the social media age.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
3 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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Hand sinks in kitchen not draining properly.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Between 1980 and 1988, as the war with Iraq drained the national budget, only a handful of dams were under construction.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's most recent analysis from June estimates 16 million Americans will lose their health care coverage by 2034 due to the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Many argue that Japan is at risk of losing its way of life, or that Japanese workers are being edged out of jobs.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Given how many comebacks the Pacers had in the playoffs, there is some evidence that all that pressure (plus a relentless offensive pace) exhausts teams over 48 minutes.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Dassey, now 35, has exhausted his appeal efforts.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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By binding to cholesterol in the small intestine, cholesterol is not absorbed into the bloodstream and is instead excreted from the body.—
Jennifer Moll,
Verywell Health,
2 Oct. 2025
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Shutdowns can delay contracts, squeeze liquidity, and reveal how unprepared many companies are to absorb shocks, Gainer said.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Spend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spend. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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