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as in preserved
to use or give out in stingy amounts
I'll have a banana split—and don't spare the whipped cream
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as in saved
to avoid unnecessary waste or expense
she had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing
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Recent Examples of spared
And because daraxonrasib is a pill, patients are spared the burden of going to a facility and being tethered to an IV pump.
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Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
These impacts will likely be more severe in lower- and middle-income countries, but we will not be spared from the increase in food insecurity.
—Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 7 June 2026
And because daraxonrasib is a pill, patients are spared the burden of going to a facility and being tethered to an IV pump.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Impellizzeri was spared a criminal conviction after investigators found no evidence that these tactical changes had been made.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 June 2026
Also, the Local Government Distributive Fund was spared from cuts in the budget.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
Many Lebanese Shiite Muslims fled to those areas in recent days because they were spared from the aerial bombardment along the Mediterranean coast.
—Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Uganda, which borders the DRC, has so far been spared the worst of the outbreak.
—Sarah Robbins, NPR, 31 May 2026
The ice giant getting booted out of the solar system isn't the thing that spared Jupiter's and Uranus' moons from a similar fate.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 29 May 2026
Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
These impacts will likely be more severe in lower- and middle-income countries, but we will not be spared from the increase in food insecurity.
—Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 7 June 2026
And because daraxonrasib is a pill, patients are spared the burden of going to a facility and being tethered to an IV pump.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Impellizzeri was spared a criminal conviction after investigators found no evidence that these tactical changes had been made.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 June 2026
Also, the Local Government Distributive Fund was spared from cuts in the budget.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
Many Lebanese Shiite Muslims fled to those areas in recent days because they were spared from the aerial bombardment along the Mediterranean coast.
—Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Uganda, which borders the DRC, has so far been spared the worst of the outbreak.
—Sarah Robbins, NPR, 31 May 2026
The ice giant getting booted out of the solar system isn't the thing that spared Jupiter's and Uranus' moons from a similar fate.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spared
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At the time, detectives collected and preserved physical evidence but were unable to narrow down a suspect.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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The core of the building will be preserved, and the outside is getting a makeover.—
Chase Jordan
May 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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Kahanamoku not only saved lives using his surfboard that fateful day off Corona del Mar, but the use of rescue boards was adopted around the world in the following years because of that rescue.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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Though locals were relieved to see that the basketball courts were saved, concerns over the redesign remained.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
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The genetic machinery for responding to photoperiod is deeply conserved; there is no evolutionary precedent for light at the wrong time of night, and therefore no adaptive buffer against it.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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These nuclei are extremely well conserved across different species through evolution, all the way from lampreys to humans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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“Spared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spared. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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