as in spends
to hand over or use up in payment
we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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The song also spends its 13th week on the Billboard Global 200, dating to its first frame in January.—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025 -
The new working budget notes JCPS spends significantly more per student in schools with smaller populations.—
Krista Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Sep. 2025
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And nobody really pays attention.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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The job pays $100 for eight hours of work.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025
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Think of how its annual college draft gives the previous season’s worst-performing team the chance to pick the best player among that year’s intake from the university level.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of Week 4 action against the Jacksonville Jaguars at home, a report has come out that gives hope regarding Purdy.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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