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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Tennis, pickleball, yoga, deep-sea fishing, and hikes to waterfalls are a few of the ways young guests expend energy.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
For instance, someone experiencing malnourishment may not expend the same amount of calories in a day as someone who is well-nourished.6
Chronic illness may also affect the average calories burned in a day.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 30 July 2024
Terminal 6’s budget, however, is around double the dollar amount expended on LaGuardia.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2024
Since Marathon bought the facility outright in December, its hash rate, or computational power expended, has doubled.
—By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
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Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
For instance, someone experiencing malnourishment may not expend the same amount of calories in a day as someone who is well-nourished.6
Chronic illness may also affect the average calories burned in a day.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 30 July 2024
Terminal 6’s budget, however, is around double the dollar amount expended on LaGuardia.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2024
Since Marathon bought the facility outright in December, its hash rate, or computational power expended, has doubled.
—By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
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“Expend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expend. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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