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used up

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verb

past tense of use up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of used up
Verb
That batch was quickly administered and another 70 doses sent in June were used up within 10 days, said Tarsisio Biryeija, a nursing officer working as a counselor at Mbarara Health Centre IV. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026 To Socrates, MacIntyre and Carson, external goods get used up as they are won. — Stacy Keltner, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026 Having used up plenty of relievers, manager Pat Murphy decided to keep impending Cy Young Award winner Jacob Misiorowski in the dugout and go with Shane Drohan. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Fed into a calculation, it is used up to perform the extra gate, and any flaw in the state becomes a flaw in the gate. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026 Keep it meatless over rice or quinoa with some tofu, or mix in leftover chicken or beef that needs to be used up. — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 15 Oct. 2026 The experiment used up to 100 qubits and demonstrated a key technique for developing more reliable quantum machines. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 The markets price in a number of other factors—most obviously the opposition’s advertising campaign, which will go largely unanswered because the proponents of Proposition 40 used up most of their cash to gather signatures to get it on the ballot. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 Large data centers can consume up to 5 million gallons per day; a recent study modelling water use in African data centers found that ChatGPT-4 used up to 60 liters of water — or a standard washing machine cycle — to produce a 10-page paper. — Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for used up
Adjective
  • Kennedy’s new pyramid places meat, dairy, fruit, and vegetables at the top (most consumed), and tapers down through fruits and vegetables to whole grains.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
  • In Stoddart’s estimation, the best way to freeze these semi-consumed cakes is in slices.
    — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The commission, formed earlier in 2026 after several council members called for a local moratorium, has spent roughly two months working on a 150-page report outlining recommendations for how the city could regulate data centers.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026
  • But co-founder Lynn Lowder, the chief executive officer, spent 16 years in the Marine Corps, starting with force reconnaissance in Vietnam.
    — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • The house arrest applies only to his reduced six-year sentence in the first trial.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • It’s found to result in improved coping, increased mental clarity, better emotion regulation, reduced depression, and ironically less loneliness.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • His crass, combative rhetoric, frequent public attacks and norm-breaking behavior have exhausted the American people.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The collateral damage could be to exhausted voters who simply wanted the direction of the country to change.
    — Christopher Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • The team meticulously marks, measures, and photographs each crater and depression, all the while brushing off questions from villagers befuddled by the interest in this barren, untillable plot of land.
    — Kathleen McLaughlin, Science | AAAS, 21 June 2017
Verb
  • My arms seemed suddenly drained of all strength and took on that sickly spaghettilike feeling.
    — ANGUS CAMERON, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The rich muck soils south of Lake Okeechobee have been gradually wasting away since Floridians drained the Everglades and began farming and tilling the land.
    — Nicolas Rivero, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Research shows that Americans who experience long-term unemployment face depleted savings, lower earnings potential over time and declining mental health.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Indiana’s depleted roster provided an opportunity Brooklyn needed to take.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Golden State could have used a banner scoring night from the two-time MVP to overcome this lopsided loss.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2026
  • Instead of calling 911, Siedlecki used social media while her husband waited nearly 45 minutes before contacting a friend for help, according to the DA’s Office.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2026

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“Used up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/used%20up. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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