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as in expense
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
you'll have to drastically cut back on your clothing expenditures if you hope to save anything
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as in effort
the active use of energy in producing a result
the expenditure of the nation's military might on wars that may or may not involve the national interest
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Recent Examples of expenditure
Free cash flow is the money that remains in a company's coffers after operating expenses and capital expenditures are covered.
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Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Finally, Europe is beset with a nationalist populism and growing social welfare costs just as military expenditures are set to increase.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Most of the expenditure is in housing, power, and gas, while future plans lean heavily toward gigaprojects.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Right to Know Act are successful, the courts could strike it down as unconstitutional and nonprofits or independent expenditure committees would no longer have to disclose the sources of their campaign spending.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Finally, Europe is beset with a nationalist populism and growing social welfare costs just as military expenditures are set to increase.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Most of the expenditure is in housing, power, and gas, while future plans lean heavily toward gigaprojects.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Right to Know Act are successful, the courts could strike it down as unconstitutional and nonprofits or independent expenditure committees would no longer have to disclose the sources of their campaign spending.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expenditure
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Snowflake, one of the most popular cloud data warehouse platforms, often ranks as a company’s second-largest IT expense after its primary cloud provider.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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He is sponsored by spirits and supplement companies who help pay his travel expenses, but still works in construction during the off-season.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Republicans were unfazed by Democrats threatening to withhold their votes, accusing them of hypocrisy for condemning GOP efforts to win policy concessions in past funding battles.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Jackie Young made 4-of-6 from the 3-point line as part of her efforts, finishing with 18 points, seven assists, and three steals, with Jewell Loyd (14 points) and Dana Evans (13 points) contributing well off the bench.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The ultra-low-cost model clearly isn't providing customer satisfaction, even if the fares look cheap.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Scientists have developed a low-cost, compact power module that can be used in data centers, microreactors, and heavy-duty vehicles.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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And the handle took a lot of work.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Norman's posts on social media, which primarily focused on community policing work, drew enough attention that in 2021 then-President Joe Biden awarded Norman and 15 others the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Expenditure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expenditure. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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