OVERSPENDS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

overspends

verb

present tense third-person singular of overspend

as in consumes

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Construction is especially exposed because the machinery that consumes heavy commodities like cement and gravel is all diesel driven.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Lynch said more than 60% of the audience already consumes the show only as a podcast.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of consumes

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Travel costs increase, maintenance windows become harder to coordinate and central IT spends more time managing individual exceptions.

— Susan Odle, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Nationally, the average monthly cut would be $500, which is more than what the average retired household spends on groceries each month.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of spends

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Ugg Goldenstar Clog The way the universe works, as soon as an Ugg sensation like the Goldenstar Clog goes on sale, inventory depletes in mere hours.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
Deflecting attacks steadily depletes a posture meter underneath the enemy's health bar.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of depletes

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If a bureaucratic process exhausts whatever time a citizen has available, then benefits are lost or rights are denied.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
That’s because even ordinary winds – and far worse, storms and earthquakes – cause tall buildings to sway, which ruins people’s concentration, wrecks their mood, and even exhausts them.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026

Definition of exhausts

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Floor production One of the central themes of Dead Zone discussion, and where some research on it loses some nuance, is that Dead Zone RBs tend to score more total points than late-round backs.

— Ben Gretch, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
The genius of work divided loses none of its luster when the Chinese are participating in the work, not to mention the peaceful implications of market goods easily crossing borders.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of loses

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All are standing aside while Stephen Miller squanders whatever standing the Republican Party had left with veterans, frontline civilians and military families.

— Shawn VanDiver, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
Over and over, Levinson squanders opportunities for humanization or interiority in favor of provocation.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 28 May 2026

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