1
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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2
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
President Bill Clinton’s veto pen spared some district laws, while congressional GOP lawmakers at times succeeded at blocking others.
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Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2026
Every family spared the grief of addiction matters.
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Chris Carroll,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Built on the site of the rock where many Jews, Christians and Muslims believe God spared Abraham’s son Isaac from his father’s knife, the Temple Mount is also the site of two earlier Jewish temples.
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Gabe Joselow,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
Plea agreements can be negotiated all the way up until trial, as in the recent case of Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty last July to the murders of four University of Idaho students as part of a plea deal that spared him from facing the death penalty.
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Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
This is not a disease of the right that the left was spared from.
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Joyce Kamanitz,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
DeSantis pushed for the change after the Parkland school shooter, who killed 17 students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in 2018, was spared from the death penalty in 2022.
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Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Son, though, has largely been spared condemnation.
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E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
24 June 2026
Women journalists have not been spared from the sexism rampant across sports.
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Gypsy Guillén Kaiser,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2026
Every family spared the grief of addiction matters.
—
Chris Carroll,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Built on the site of the rock where many Jews, Christians and Muslims believe God spared Abraham’s son Isaac from his father’s knife, the Temple Mount is also the site of two earlier Jewish temples.
—
Gabe Joselow,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
Plea agreements can be negotiated all the way up until trial, as in the recent case of Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty last July to the murders of four University of Idaho students as part of a plea deal that spared him from facing the death penalty.
—
Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
This is not a disease of the right that the left was spared from.
—
Joyce Kamanitz,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
DeSantis pushed for the change after the Parkland school shooter, who killed 17 students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in 2018, was spared from the death penalty in 2022.
—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Son, though, has largely been spared condemnation.
—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
24 June 2026
Women journalists have not been spared from the sexism rampant across sports.
—
Gypsy Guillén Kaiser,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spared
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While the Civil War was fought far from Pittsburgh's streets, its impact can still be found here today — in the graves of arsenal workers, in the medals of hometown heroes, and in the stories preserved for future generations.
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Since then, Hawks says, the team has unearthed other bones that might be better preserved, and sampling and sequencing technologies have also improved.
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The Ocean City, New Jersey, man who saved a girl from a rip current late last year has received a major honor.
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The goalkeeper saved long-range shots by Rodríguez, Johan Mojica and Gustavo Puerta, and close-range attempts by Díaz and Muñoz.
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This ancient developmental program, deeply conserved, can also be radically repurposed, as seen in the star-nosed mole's sensory tentacles.
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These nuclei are extremely well conserved across different species through evolution, all the way from lampreys to humans.
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“Spared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spared. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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