expended; expending; expends
1
: to pay out : spend
the social services upon which public revenue is expended—
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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 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
In other words, our military must shift from expending the U.S. Navy’s multi-million dollar missiles to neutralize Houthi low-cost drone attacks.
—Michael Brown, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
The benefits of deadheading include: Production of more blooms: Removing old flowers before the plant expends energy on seed production, redirects that energy into more blooms.
Fresher-looking garden and containers: Most dead flowers and wilting stems are not attractive.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 July 2025
Plans for how to spend that money were already in place, and in some instances, the funds were already expended since the programs have been funded for decades without interruption, Beshear said.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 July 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025
In other words, our military must shift from expending the U.S. Navy’s multi-million dollar missiles to neutralize Houthi low-cost drone attacks.
—Michael Brown, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
The benefits of deadheading include: Production of more blooms: Removing old flowers before the plant expends energy on seed production, redirects that energy into more blooms.
Fresher-looking garden and containers: Most dead flowers and wilting stems are not attractive.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 July 2025
Plans for how to spend that money were already in place, and in some instances, the funds were already expended since the programs have been funded for decades without interruption, Beshear said.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for expend
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expend. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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