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verb

past tense of use up

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Recent Examples of used up
Verb
And the United States has already used up many critical munitions and strained its troops in the region by keeping the war going. James F. Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026 The company is also grappling with AI costs after employees used up their entire 2026 budget for the technology in just four months, according to media reports. Akash Sriram, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Once the sugars are largely used up, different bacteria take charge and start breaking down the small amounts of protein and amino acids in the flesh, producing ammonia gas as a byproduct. Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 14 Aug. 2026 Any oxygen produced below Earth’s surface was long assumed to rapidly get used up. James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026 At this point, most of these deals would have to be bargains, because cap space is pretty much all used up. Zach Harper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Wang has used up a $200,000 county grant and nearly $20,000 raised from a GoFundMe campaign. Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 That wasn't possible on the Blue Ghost-Resilience launch, however, as getting the lunar probes to their distant deployment point used up almost all of the upper stage's fuel. Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Some sets have travel-size items instead of full-size, which lowers the value and will be used up faster. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 July 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 best part of two summers were spent sourcing Martinez’s successor, meaning the scouting department could provide heavily detailed reports of possible replacements.
    Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Steinem spent 11 days working undercover as a bunny in Manhattan's Playboy Club and documenting her experience.
    Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Then the reduced group of selectors will go immediately into discussion on the merits of that candidate.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Other advantages of what Belkin is calling its BoostSolid Cell technology include a reduced risk of overheating that could cause swelling or fires and consistent power delivery across a wider temperature range.
    Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Once the appeals process is exhausted, the court's certification is sent to the State Department, along with court records.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But their first-choice XI last season was good enough to take on most in the Premier League when fit and not be exhausted by a Conference League-winning campaign.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 9 Sep. 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
  • Using his antiseptic surgical technique, Joseph Lister successfully drained the pus.
    Abe Baker-Butler, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Crowds were drained by unprecedented heat and fans (and conferences) were set off by clock disparities.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • By the twentieth century, intensive farming practices had left the South dangerously vulnerable to erosion, producing depleted swaths of land where kudzu would later flourish.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Being so depleted defensively led Liverpool to sign Uruguay international Ronald Araujo on a season-long loan from Barcelona earlier this month.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Yohanna was used as a substitute for the last 12 minutes in the 4-0 thrashing of Aston Villa.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI later admitted that several of their AI models had broken out of containment and used a zero-day vulnerability to manipulate the open internet.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026

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“Used up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/used%20up. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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