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
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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Naturally, a fair bit of tactics will force these athletes to expend enough energy to reach the finals.
—Cory Mull, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Each character has their own mana meter that can be expended to use magical attacks, in addition to more complex blocking, dashing, and parrying skills than what’s been seen in Dotemu’s previous releases.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
California’s sanctuary state law was signed in 2017 and prevents state and local governments from expending resources to assist federal agents with immigration enforcement.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2025
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Cory Mull, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Each character has their own mana meter that can be expended to use magical attacks, in addition to more complex blocking, dashing, and parrying skills than what’s been seen in Dotemu’s previous releases.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
California’s sanctuary state law was signed in 2017 and prevents state and local governments from expending resources to assist federal agents with immigration enforcement.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2025
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 19 Mar. 2025.
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