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
Fast fashion uses up massive amounts of water, produces hazardous chemicals and clogs up landfills in poor countries with textile waste, while also generating greenhouse gases in production, transport and disposal.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
State law permits candidates to use up to $3,000 from their campaign accounts toward security costs.
—Dana Ferguson, Twin Cities, 25 July 2025
These grades are calculated using up to 30 national performance measures sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, The Leapfrog Hospital Survey and other data.
—Sarah Linn
july 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
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.
—Jeremy Gosnell, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
State law permits candidates to use up to $3,000 from their campaign accounts toward security costs.
—Dana Ferguson, Twin Cities, 25 July 2025
These grades are calculated using up to 30 national performance measures sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, The Leapfrog Hospital Survey and other data.
—Sarah Linn
july 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
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.
—Jeremy Gosnell, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for use up
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But since paying $4.72 million to YMCA of Central Florida for the 70-acre idyllic playground in northwest Orange County, the city has spent $3.62 million on camp improvements and operations while generating less than a million dollars in revenue over a four-year period.—
Brian Bell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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Picault, a Haitian American who spent his teen years in Miami, and Cremaschi, a Key Biscayne native, are both fan favorites at Chase Stadium.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
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Every yes consumes capacity that could have gone to something else.—
Andrea Hill,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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And for the first time, his mind wasn’t consumed with basketball.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Design can nudge employees toward better creativity, recovery, and well-being, or leave them drained.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Talent, people said, was draining out of the doubles discipline; still, the level of the game remained high, and many fans are devoted to it.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 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 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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The scene plays out like a Blighty version of A Few Good Men, with Dalton in the Tom Cruise role, deftly provoking Livingston into a confession.—
Jack King,
Vulture,
21 Aug. 2025
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The court battle about the law has played out amid U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Second Amendment cases.—
Jim Saunders,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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Authorizing the California Department of Education to draw down funding awarded through the federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development grant.—
Dave Mason,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 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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The Work Ethic Camp was opened in 2001 and initially designed to reduce prison overcrowding, according to a Nebraska legislative report, providing the incarcerated with life skills training, substance abuse treatment and work experience.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The bacterium, residing harmlessly in the guts of laboratory and fetal mice, reduced accumulation of mercury, the researchers said.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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Switch on headlights - Even during daylight hours, using headlights can enhance visibility and signal your presence to other drivers.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Aug. 2025
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The fire department’s water rescue team immediately started rescue efforts and police used a drone to help with the search, officials said.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Use up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/use%20up. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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