Examples of expend in a Sentence

Are we willing to expend the time and resources required to solve the problem? redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house

Recent Examples on the Web What better way to expend our leadership chops and precious life? — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 June 2022 But absent the intelligence from the United States, Ukraine would have struggled to target the warship with the confidence necessary to expend two valuable Neptune missiles, which were in short supply, according to people familiar with the strike. — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 11 May 2022 Surely, there were bigger concerns to expend such energy on. — Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022 Unfortunately, not every small business can expend the resources, time and money just to sell to federal agencies. — Daniel Levy, Forbes, 6 July 2022 Work-life balance has shifted to allow more room to expend time doing things that are not part of the job. — Chandra Gundlapalli, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022 According to the bill’s text, the Contractors State License Board is authorized to expend up to $1 million for the fund and consumers can receive as much as $40,000 in compensation. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021 For instance, if the city approved an ordinance that allowed sales of pets raised by what a retailer claims are ethical breeders, the city would have to be willing to expend a significant effort to verify that claim. — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2022 Software companies typically expend significant sales and marketing dollars to chase high growth rates. — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 23 May 2022 See More

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