How to Use expendable in a Sentence

expendable

1 of 2 adjective

• Cause Ryan was kind of looked at as expendable piece within the game.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• Once again, a first-round draft pick helped make Rosen expendable.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
• The will of the dudes in Instagram shorts with a few expendable dollars to put on a game will be served.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2022
• Rieder was also the first to sign and date her work—a move that transformed masks from expendable pieces to works of art.
  — Susan Portnoy, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
• But by 2008, just four Olympics later, the sport was deemed expendable.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2021
• Civilians with expendable cash go out to dinner to break up the monotony of being alive.
  — Vulture, 26 Oct. 2023
• And the prisoners are the expendable product in the machine?
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
• But the plan was for Urías to see most of the action, making Arcia expendable and open to being traded.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2021
• Yet Covid-19 revealed that every worker is expendable, and line cooks ranked as the most at-risk job.
  — Alicia Kennedy, Bon Appétit, 1 July 2022
• The one thing which is never expendable is your obligation to this group. . . .
  — Carlos Lozada, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
• If this were a normal expendable launch, the rocket would have fallen into the ocean.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
• If the trio comes up big this season, Beckham and Landry could become expendable.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2021
• As in the past, Russia has any number of bodies, expendable.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Jan. 2024
• Older adults are not expendable, and like the rest of us, their souls are nourished through connection.
  — Paul Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2021
• So many names in the backcourt make players such as Carsen Edwards expendable.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2021
• But now, just like in so many aspects of life, the rich have a chance to get richer, quicker, while those with shorter stacks are seen as a bit more expendable.
  — ABC News, 1 June 2023
• This is true 21st-century trash: a movie in which the action itself is expendable.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023
• But he was made expendable, on the field at least, by the emergence of 22-year-old Ecuadoran midfielder José Cifuentes, who is tied for the team lead with five goals.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2021
• In a way, Saric was expendable, but he wasn’t moved before the trade deadline and continued his rehab with the Suns.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2022
• Players the Rangers already had on the active roster also made Dahl expendable, and Peters worth the risk.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2021
• Lucas says that, after six seasons, he hasn’t been asked back for the next one and says everyone on that boat is expendable.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 May 2022
• With Emerson possibly set to play in the slot, Hill, 30, became expendable.
  — cleveland, 30 Apr. 2022
• Any hostile air force looking to get around the jamming will need to attack the Reaper, which as an uncrewed plane is more expendable than a crewed fighter.
  — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 25 May 2023
• So consider a trade for Semien, who’d likely be expendable if Toronto fades in the coming weeks.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 May 2021
• Such player movement made Elleby expendable and he was not re-signed.
  — oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2022
• Excellent in the slot and elsewhere, Bell largely made Jarvis Landry expendable.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 22 July 2022
• In pursuit of that dream, everything is viewed as expendable.
  — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
• For too long staff in Congress have been viewed as expendable and easily replaced.
  — Bradford Fitch, Star Tribune, 17 May 2021
• Thomas was starting to realize that, to his dad, many people were expendable.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
• The two-stage launcher will have a payload capacity of 20 metric tons to low-Earth orbit (LEO) when expendable.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2023

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expendable

2 of 2 noun

• That makes Sexton expendable, because the Cavs will need to commit more than $100 million to re-sign the center.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 25 June 2021
• The Spurs have filled their roster with young talent, making Langford expendable.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
• Even with rosters expanded from the usual 21 to 23 because of the pandemic, the Wings deemed Svechnikov expendable.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2021
• The Cardinals, also abysmal in other areas, earned the No. 1 pick, making Rosen expendable.
  — Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2020
• Jones or Stidham could outplay Newton in training camp and make Newton expendable.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
• The draft capital in that deal is undoubtedly what interested the Spurs the most, making Young expendable.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2021
• This isn’t the first time UAA administrators have deemed skiing expendable during a budget crisis.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2021
• Perry's ascension could make a forward like Lauren Cox expendable.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2021
• However, Joshua Dobbs had an excellent training camp and preseason, making Rosen expendable.
  — Schuyler Dixon, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022
• Dickerson's activation made guard/tackle Matt Pryor expendable.
  — Martin Frank, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
• That makes Sexton expendable, because the Cavs will need to commit more than $100 million to re-sign the center.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 25 June 2021
• The Spurs have filled their roster with young talent, making Langford expendable.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
• Even with rosters expanded from the usual 21 to 23 because of the pandemic, the Wings deemed Svechnikov expendable.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2021
• The Cardinals, also abysmal in other areas, earned the No. 1 pick, making Rosen expendable.
  — Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2020
• Jones or Stidham could outplay Newton in training camp and make Newton expendable.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
• The draft capital in that deal is undoubtedly what interested the Spurs the most, making Young expendable.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2021
• This isn’t the first time UAA administrators have deemed skiing expendable during a budget crisis.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2021
• Perry's ascension could make a forward like Lauren Cox expendable.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2021
• However, Joshua Dobbs had an excellent training camp and preseason, making Rosen expendable.
  — Schuyler Dixon, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022
• Dickerson's activation made guard/tackle Matt Pryor expendable.
  — Martin Frank, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021

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