EXPENDING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

expending

verb

present participle of expend

as in spending

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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as in consuming

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 expending Because what the Knicks are seeing right now is a player expending so much on one end that there may not be enough left on the other — and a coaching staff still searching for ways to pull him out of it before the games start to matter more. —

Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026 With one missile – particularly one outfitted with cluster munitions – Iran can send millions of Israelis into bomb shelters and cause Israel and the US to continue expending a finite supply of costly missile interceptors. —

Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026 Exercise positively impacts sleep by expending energy and making your more tired. —

Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Mar. 2026 Macron said France is expending diplomatic capital to ensure a return to calm and to allow for the Lebanese armed forces to assert themselves as Israel pounds Hezbollah positions. —

Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026 Still, Rayburn said expending too many munitions in the conflict with Iran could prove problematic for America’s future preparedness. —

Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 4 Mar. 2026 Thankfully, after expending serious overtime up front, the design crew lightened its hand over the rest of the truck, which remains a stout, sturdy pickup without the over-accentuation that characterizes the new US-market Tundra and Tacoma. —

New Atlas, 16 Jan. 2026 And if this energy is used or leaks away, cells can replenish it by expending more of their chemical energy. —

Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026 Some argue that instead of expending resources and effort to knock its adversaries off balance, the United States should invest in itself and its distinct advantages, including existing and new relationships with allies, friends, and partners. —

Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

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Despite spending the majority of his life in North Carolina and part of his youth in Charlotte, Miller noted that the 49ers’ campus was completely different from his last time turning off Highway 49.

— Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
Newer models have refined the design and added more high-tech features, but the iPhone X offers that iconic modern-day iPhone aesthetic for much cheaper; instead of spending close to $1,000, this model costs less than $165.

— Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026