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
But given that both the lander and tanker Starships will use up most of their propellant just getting into orbit, some independent observers estimate as many as 10 to 20 launches will be needed to gas up the lander for the flight to the moon.
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William Harwood, CBS News, 19 June 2025
This can be enormously helpful to getting a project completed on time without using up your cash reserves.
—Chris Scharman, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
The result is fabulously decadent and the perfect recipe for using up oodles and oodles of summer squash.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
When a device is hacked, malicious software might be running in the background, using up memory and processing power.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
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William Harwood, CBS News, 19 June 2025
This can be enormously helpful to getting a project completed on time without using up your cash reserves.
—Chris Scharman, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
The result is fabulously decadent and the perfect recipe for using up oodles and oodles of summer squash.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
When a device is hacked, malicious software might be running in the background, using up memory and processing power.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for use up
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Amos has led Aflac for 35 years and has spent more than five decades at the company his family founded.—
Glen Luke Flanagan,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
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Irby, 35, is a manager for corporate security and intelligence at FIS Global and spent more than 15 years in corporate security.—
Michael R. Wickline,
Arkansas Online,
30 June 2025
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The company has consistently consumed cash while struggling to scale production within the competitive semiconductor landscape.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Close to 18% of people who regularly eat fruits reported better sleep, along with 12% of people who consume a lot of vegetables, and 13% of people who drink herbal tea.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
1 July 2025
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The Army Corps’ solution was to take a meandering 103-mile river that snaked through one of the wildest areas in the state, drain it, and carve it into a ruler-straight, 56-mile 30-foot-deep canal dubbed the C-38 — not exactly fodder for the tourism board.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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In such situations, when a client has the resources and the inclination to go round after round, small municipalities have to decide whether to settle or stand on principle, draining their budget.—
Andrew Rice,
Curbed,
26 June 2025
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Unlike many other raptors that rely on sudden ambush attacks, the gyrfalcon excels at long chases across tundra and icy terrain, often locking onto prey and keeping pursuit until the target is exhausted.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over.—
Emily Trainham,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
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That’s how tariffs played out under the trade war during Trump’s first administration, according to one paper.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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This shift is playing out at multiple levels: mining equipment priced in BTC, tokenized assets benchmarking against Bitcoin baskets, and emerging DeFi derivatives denominated in sats rather than cents.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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This is the first time the state has allocated funding to the child care sector beyond the minimum amounts required to draw down federal funding.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2025
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Schools that have drawn down their endowments for annual expenses have found themselves in serious financial jeopardy.—
Gregory E. Sterling,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2025
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To reduce background noise when making phone calls or joining in with a video meeting, Headphone (1) has a 4-microphone ENC system that’s backed up by AI.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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As part of its strategy to reduce cancer rates, the European Commission aims to reduce tobacco use to less than 5% of the EU population by 2040.—
Lisa Klaassen,
CNN Money,
1 July 2025
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The treatment had never been used on a species of raptor before, but Ammann took a leap and sent them an email.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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When his young son Walter (Roman Griffin Davis) and Walter’s cat upend the performance with their unruly behavior, Charles’s wife, Catherine (Thurman), persuades Charles not to punish the kid but instead to use the opportunity to teach him about Jesus (Isaac).—
Chris DeVille,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
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