expended; expending; expends
1
: to pay out : spend
the social services upon which public revenue is expended—
J. A. Hobson
J. A. Hobson
expender
noun
Examples of expend in a Sentence
Are we willing to expend the time and resources required to solve the problem?
redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house
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Despite being a mere 10 million years old, Betelgeuse is already nearing the end of its mighty existence, having already expended most of its hydrogen reserves needed to fuel the fusion reaction that prevents the gigantic stellar body from collapsing in on itself.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The club won the American League West but expended too much energy climbing out from its catastrophic start.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
The company several years ago expended effort to try to enter the Chinese streaming market, through a deal with Chinese streaming platforms iQIYI.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
Producing a pound of bamboo forks, for example, expends 0.46 kilowatts per hour, whereas making a pound of plastic forks expends 11 kilowatts per hour, according to Goldfarb.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The club won the American League West but expended too much energy climbing out from its catastrophic start.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
The company several years ago expended effort to try to enter the Chinese streaming market, through a deal with Chinese streaming platforms iQIYI.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
Producing a pound of bamboo forks, for example, expends 0.46 kilowatts per hour, whereas making a pound of plastic forks expends 11 kilowatts per hour, according to Goldfarb.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for expend
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expend. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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