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
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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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Without a legal requirement to do so, companies might decide not to expend the time, effort, and money necessary to keep staff safe—especially if their competitors aren’t doing so.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
The first-stage booster made a successful 21st liftoff, but was expended to get the satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
The senior officials and worker bees in the vast U.S. foreign policy apparatus need an opportunity to assess the state of the world and determine what is and isn’t feasible before funds and energy are expended on a way forward.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Draper has had a habit of expending an enormous amount of energy – and bodily fluids – on court after having to go the distance six times in the last 12 months over the four majors.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
The first-stage booster made a successful 21st liftoff, but was expended to get the satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
The senior officials and worker bees in the vast U.S. foreign policy apparatus need an opportunity to assess the state of the world and determine what is and isn’t feasible before funds and energy are expended on a way forward.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Draper has had a habit of expending an enormous amount of energy – and bodily fluids – on court after having to go the distance six times in the last 12 months over the four majors.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expend. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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