USE UP Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

use up

verb

Definition of use up next

as in to spend

to make complete use of we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles

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Recent Examples of use up This is tricky because just before the surge in demand for storage for AI there was a surge in demand for storage in 2021 due to Covid and then a big slump in demand in 2022 and 2023 as data centers used up the inventory that had accumulated during Covid. —

Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 When summer corn is in season, this is a great recipe to use up your bumper crop. —

Josh Miller, Southern Living, 30 May 2026 It's usually made after the direct appeals process has been used up. —

Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026 But once their fuel is used up, which happened just two minutes and 8 seconds after liftoff on this flight, the boosters' 16 different separation motors ignite to push the boosters away from the rocket and one another. —

Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for use up

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But with a growing awareness of the mental health risks posed by children spending too much time online, Starmer has decided to go further after speaking to parents and considering evidence from Australia, which brought in a ban for under-16s last year.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
Carolina spent the first part of the Stanley Cup Final surviving, finding ways to overcome deficits and play a high-scoring game that didn’t fit the Hurricanes’ typical style.

— Mark Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026