expended; expending; expends
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: to pay out : spend
the social services upon which public revenue is expended—
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expender
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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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Tehran is therefore highly unlikely to want to expend such a potent deterrent on Gaza, which is, in truth, of marginal strategic interest to Iran.
—Hussein Ibish, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
Washington will need to hedge against war in the Middle East and on the Korean Peninsula while continuing to expend resources defending Ukraine and deterring China from attacking Taiwan.
—Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2023
And yet significant resources (computer equipment and electric power) are expended in its creation, and eager but naive investors have poured billions of dollars into its hollow promises.
—WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
Prodigious amounts of air defense munitions have already been expended in Ukraine.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
Washington said the money wouldn't be expended until the project got to that point.
—Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
Many of the most elite of these were likely expended in the Oct. 7 surprise attack, significantly reducing their fighting capabilities.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2023
Similar sums are being expended in Sudan and Myanmar, both of which are suffering conflicts and have vacant UN political envoy roles and no discernible peace process.
—Emma Beals and Peter Salisbury, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2023
That may not be enough for Sunak, whose government has expended considerable political capital assembling the summit.
—WIRED, 23 Oct. 2023
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Hussein Ibish, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
Washington will need to hedge against war in the Middle East and on the Korean Peninsula while continuing to expend resources defending Ukraine and deterring China from attacking Taiwan.
—Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 6 Oct. 2023
And yet significant resources (computer equipment and electric power) are expended in its creation, and eager but naive investors have poured billions of dollars into its hollow promises.
—WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
Prodigious amounts of air defense munitions have already been expended in Ukraine.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
Washington said the money wouldn't be expended until the project got to that point.
—Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
Many of the most elite of these were likely expended in the Oct. 7 surprise attack, significantly reducing their fighting capabilities.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2023
Similar sums are being expended in Sudan and Myanmar, both of which are suffering conflicts and have vacant UN political envoy roles and no discernible peace process.
—Emma Beals and Peter Salisbury, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2023
That may not be enough for Sunak, whose government has expended considerable political capital assembling the summit.
—WIRED, 23 Oct. 2023
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