expended; expending; expends
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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Gallagher's office said the authorization allows Congress to appropriate funds and the Corps to separately expend funds.
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Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
During the latest Iran war, America expended more air defense interceptors defending Israel than Israel itself did.
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Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Their role was not necessarily to destroy the air-defense system outright but to saturate it, forcing it to expend its interceptor missiles before the cruise missiles arrived.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
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Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
During the latest Iran war, America expended more air defense interceptors defending Israel than Israel itself did.
—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion.
—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Their role was not necessarily to destroy the air-defense system outright but to saturate it, forcing it to expend its interceptor missiles before the cruise missiles arrived.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 June 2026
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 5 Jul. 2026.
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