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adjective

as in consumed

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expended

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verb

past tense of expend
1
as in spent
to hand over or use up in payment redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house

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2
as in exhausted
to make complete use of settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter

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Recent Examples of expended
Adjective
Depots could reconstitute expended stocks on site, as quickly as mineral precursors can be extracted and processed. — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026 After the lunar landers separated from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the team sought to maneuver the expended rocket away from the moon, in line with best practices. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026 Power said members of the Detective Division responded to the scene and found several bullet holes on the outside of the building as well as several expended shell casings in the parking lot. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026 The expended casing was submitted to a national ballistic imaging database, called NIBIN, run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Verb
Before the Iran war, defense contractors were producing only about 620 Patriots and 96 THAAD each year — fewer than half the number expended during a few weeks this spring. — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 But the United States has expended much of its stockpile of precision munitions and suffered substantial damage to its regional bases. — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026 Specific inventory numbers are classified, but CSIS estimates that about 65% of Patriot interceptors were expended between February and July, with less than 850 left on hand, down from 2,330 before the Iran war began. — James Powel, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026 The first-stage booster made its 32nd and final flight as it was expended getting the payload to geosynchronous transfer orbit. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026 The agreements are the latest in a slew of Pentagon deals to increase production of air defense systems, which the United States has quickly expended in its war on Iran. — Julia Gledhill, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Antiquing is usually a more expensive hobby, in part because of the time and effort that dealers have expended curating their items for sale. — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 25 July 2026 Syrskyi also came under intense criticism for his association with the 425th Separate Assault Regiment, known as Skelia, which for many Ukrainians became emblematic of the tactics that expended soldiers’ lives for marginal territorial gains. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 For example, does the compensation include a value for the time needed to go through the claim process rather than attending to other tasks or the extra diligence expended to minimize the losses? — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expended
  1. consumed
  2. spent
  3. exhausted
  4. depleted
  5. paid
  6. drained
  7. reduced
  8. absorbed
Adjective
  • Kennedy’s new pyramid places meat, dairy, fruit, and vegetables at the top (most consumed), and tapers down through fruits and vegetables to whole grains.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
  • In Stoddart’s estimation, the best way to freeze these semi-consumed cakes is in slices.
    — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2025
Definition of consumed
Verb
  • Benedict said the process would ideally take a couple of years, with much of the development time spent on design work and virtual simulations before the physical construction began.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The actual amount spent could be significantly more, depending on whether networks classified the ads as political.
    — LISA MASCARO, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of spent
Verb
  • But seven months into the conflict, with no clear end in sight, the global oil market has now largely exhausted the safety measures that exist to keep a lid on petroleum prices.
    — Greg Pollock, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Such litigation should only be considered as a last resort once all other reasonable options have been exhausted.
    — Michael L. Hyman, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Adjective
  • The technology is intended to support DUF6 deconversion, a process used to convert depleted uranium hexafluoride into more stable chemical forms.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • If people are simply producing more while working just as long and feeling more depleted, AI has increased output, not productivity.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of depleted
Verb
  • If those colonoscopies were done in an independent surgery center or physician’s office, insurers would have paid almost two-thirds less.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In a rare show of unity, politicians from all ends of the fragmented political spectrum also paid tribute to the medieval ruler, listening to the national anthem and a 21-gun salute.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of paid
Verb
  • Having drained their budgets responding to the market shocks of the Gulf conflict, many governments will meet these new challenges with empty coffers.
    — DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Over 600 million gallons of that water have now been drained, treated to remove contaminants and pumped deep underground.
    — Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of drained
Adjective
  • If a community decides the potential benefits of such a project (jobs and reduced taxes, for example) outweigh its costs, the municipality should be able to move forward.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Backers of the measure say the parks department provides an essential safety net for the city’s low-income residents, offering summer camps, sports activities and senior programs for free or at reduced prices.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of reduced
Verb
  • Much of those losses were uninsured, leaving the losses to be absorbed by governments, businesses, or households.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Get absorbed in work, movement, or a project that lets your energy become productive instead of argumentative.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
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“Expended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expended. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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