expended; expending; expends
1
: to pay out : spend
the social services upon which public revenue is expended—
J. A. Hobson
J. A. Hobson
expender
noun
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
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The Defense Department has not informed Congress of how much the operation expended, the aide said.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
Think of fat as stubborn, remaining intact from day to day, not budging until a substantial number of calories (kcals) is expended — a whopping 3500 kcals per pound of fat.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2025
One of the great ironies of the past 80 years is that nuclear powers have expended huge sums preparing for conventional wars that their nuclear arsenals had supposedly ruled out.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025
The first-stage booster flew for a record-tieng 20th time, but was expended getting the payload to medium-Earth orbit.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
Think of fat as stubborn, remaining intact from day to day, not budging until a substantial number of calories (kcals) is expended — a whopping 3500 kcals per pound of fat.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2025
One of the great ironies of the past 80 years is that nuclear powers have expended huge sums preparing for conventional wars that their nuclear arsenals had supposedly ruled out.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025
The first-stage booster flew for a record-tieng 20th time, but was expended getting the payload to medium-Earth orbit.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expend. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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