as in to spend
to make complete use of
we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles
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Recent Examples of use up
While suburban teachers can commute to a meeting and be home for dinner, rural affiliates must book hotels, rent vehicles, and use up personal days just to sit in a room where they are often outnumbered and politically outshouted.
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Jeremy Gosnell, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2025
The most heated discussion of the night came over Amezcua’s plan to establish a temporary aid program for families impacted by immigration enforcement, using up to $1 million from the city’s FY 2025-26 budget.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
Studies have used up to 1,500 mg per day for six months without serious issues.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 22 July 2025
Kroger’s week one of Boost discounts are available through digital coupons that can be used up to five times.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
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Jeremy Gosnell, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2025
The most heated discussion of the night came over Amezcua’s plan to establish a temporary aid program for families impacted by immigration enforcement, using up to $1 million from the city’s FY 2025-26 budget.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
Studies have used up to 1,500 mg per day for six months without serious issues.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 22 July 2025
Kroger’s week one of Boost discounts are available through digital coupons that can be used up to five times.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for use up
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He was expected to spend the majority of this season as the third quarterback on the depth chart, behind Rudolph.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
6 Aug. 2025
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My twin brother and I spent years growing up trying to highlight our differences and personalities.—
Rebecca Shinners,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Aug. 2025
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Together, these two foods accounted for nearly one in every seven calories consumed in the average American diet, according to the CDC report.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Tailgating or consuming alcohol in the festival parking lot is prohibited and will be strictly enforced.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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Kennedy also helped promote beliefs that many childless adults on Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income people, don’t work and thereby drain resources from the program.—
Stephanie Armour,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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Or perhaps a chemical reaction of some sort is actively draining them out of the core.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 Aug. 2025
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The choice is whether to exhaust yourself trying to conduct every note or to lay down a rhythm that enables your entire team to create something extraordinary together.—
Michael Hudson,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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My mother, exhausted, would simply tell us to go to bed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The question now is whether a rematch plays out the same way.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Dimension 20 airs its actual play in neater, more digestible two-hour episodes, as opposed to playing out languidly in real-time like Critical Role.—
Dana Reboe,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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That means drawing down the majority of the 40,000 to 50,000 U.S. troops spread across 30 bases in the region.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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However, many economists expect that the full impact from tariffs on pricing could pick up in the second half of the year as surplus inventories draw down.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
18 July 2025
Verb
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Judge Kevin McDonough reduced Dennis' bond to $20,000.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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Over the past year, the co-CEOs have executed a plan to shave off $500 million in costs, sell off assets and reduce a workforce by more than 15 percent as Paramount shifts ownership.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Over the years, investigators pursued multiple leads without success, releasing a composite sketch of the suspect and using genetic genealogy and familial DNA testing in search of a match.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The mobile booking facility — something typically used during civil unrest, according to Thiel — will not entirely free up officers, but should make arrests and citations faster, Thiel and Johnson said.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Use up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/use%20up. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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