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
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
For a lot of daters, this layer of calculation is added to every single swipe, which increases the energy expended on these decisions.
—Myisha Battle, TIME, 13 Apr. 2024
According to Aikawa, no Japanese TV series or film had ever shot in Akasaka, mostly because the country’s smaller-budget productions would never be willing to expend the enormous time and resources required.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2024
The decision was a blow to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who worked as a human resources manager at Unilever in the 1990s and expended significant political capital to lure the company.
—Cagan Koc, Fortune Europe, 25 Mar. 2024
Workers would still need to expend the effort to try to reduce the chances of being misread by the algorithm, or to engage in emotional displays that would read favorably to the algorithm.
—Nazanin Andalibi, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2024
The program will end when the grant budget is expended, which may occur before all three rounds have been completed, the scheme’s backers warned.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
The extreme effort his team expended to secure the Akasaka shoot was exemplary of the challenges of working in Japan — as was his dismay over the possibility of a rainout.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2024
The 7th Brigade got a hundred or so Storm Shadow and SCALP-EGs last year and soon expended most of them.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Yeah, unlike Trump, Biden hasn't had to expend any serious money to fend off Phillips's challenge.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
Myisha Battle, TIME, 13 Apr. 2024
According to Aikawa, no Japanese TV series or film had ever shot in Akasaka, mostly because the country’s smaller-budget productions would never be willing to expend the enormous time and resources required.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2024
The decision was a blow to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who worked as a human resources manager at Unilever in the 1990s and expended significant political capital to lure the company.
—Cagan Koc, Fortune Europe, 25 Mar. 2024
Workers would still need to expend the effort to try to reduce the chances of being misread by the algorithm, or to engage in emotional displays that would read favorably to the algorithm.
—Nazanin Andalibi, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2024
The program will end when the grant budget is expended, which may occur before all three rounds have been completed, the scheme’s backers warned.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
The extreme effort his team expended to secure the Akasaka shoot was exemplary of the challenges of working in Japan — as was his dismay over the possibility of a rainout.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2024
The 7th Brigade got a hundred or so Storm Shadow and SCALP-EGs last year and soon expended most of them.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Yeah, unlike Trump, Biden hasn't had to expend any serious money to fend off Phillips's challenge.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expend. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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