as in spent
to use up carelessly
warned that a childhood spent hanging around indoors was a misspent youth indeed
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Brenda Greathouse, Founder and CEO of Legacy Drives Life™, has spent her career at the intersection of information, innovation, and humanity, guiding businesses through this very tech transformation.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025 -
The next year, Huffman returned as CEO and spent a decade turning the company around.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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That, too, had echoes of last season, when City, the reigning champions, lost their way completely after a promising start, winning just one match out of 13 in all competitions between late October and late December.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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The major hubs of O'Hare, Atlanta, Denver and Dallas-Fort Worth rounded out the top five airports for cancellations, but those airports only lost around 3% of their flights.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Globally, more than 30 percent of food is wasted each year across the supply chain—from farms and transportation to retail and households.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Globally, more than 30% of all food — from farm to consumer — is wasted annually.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Misspent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misspent. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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