as in to spend
to make complete use of
we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal
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Recent Examples of play out
Brussels is already gearing up for how the election and a harsh tariff regime could play out.
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Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 3 Nov. 2024
The dispute over the extension is part of a broader legal battle playing out in key swing states over mail ballots.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
These steps normally play out quietly, outside the public eye.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
This could be seen playing out at Import Export’s booth, which was devoted to the Polish Constructivist artist Teresa Żarnowerówna.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 3 Nov. 2024
The dispute over the extension is part of a broader legal battle playing out in key swing states over mail ballots.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
These steps normally play out quietly, outside the public eye.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
This could be seen playing out at Import Export’s booth, which was devoted to the Polish Constructivist artist Teresa Żarnowerówna.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Taiwan already spends billions of dollars on U.S. military equipment.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Bratcher hopes to be involved with planning and zoning, road issues and spending time on constituent services.Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
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If necessary, vampire bats can gorge and consume four times their body weight in liquid.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Koalas spend most of their time sleeping and eating — consuming a diet mostly of eucalyptus leaves.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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But harassment campaigns and lawsuits that drain companies of time, money, resources and trust are much easier and can be just as punitive.Sara Fischer, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Independent of the probable timeline for making repairs to Tropicana Field, it can't be used as an outdoor venue either, because the stadium was not engineered to drain rainwater away from the field.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Retirees would also be facing a bigger benefit cut, up to 33% of their monthly checks rather than the 23% currently forecast, when the trust fund is exhausted, the group estimates.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, due to the high demand in many countries, the Pandemic Fund will exhaust most of its funds by next June.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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With spending outpacing income gains (including disposable income increases that were also up 0.3%), consumers drew down their savings more.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Revenues are down, expenses are up and the city drew down nearly half of its general fund reserves — a pot of money for emergencies— to cover the deficit in last year’s budget, Mejia wrote.Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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Studies indicate no safety concerns in long-term use up to five years.Merve Ceylan, Health, 23 Oct. 2024
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That’s still enough room to accommodate gestures using up to five fingers, although the trackpad only supports Windows and Linux right now.Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
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Roofing contractors said good roofs with years of life left are being replaced ahead of schedule to allow insurers to reduce their risk going forward.Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Opened in 1956, Sunnyvale High School, the city’s second public high school, worked to achieve collaboration between students and educators, aiming to reduce violence and enrich the curriculum during the interracial tension that marked the 1960s and ’70s.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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When chytrid fungus colonizes the skin, electrolytes can’t get absorbed.Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
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The four straightforward and thoughtfully built cubes not only absorbed all of our clothes and toiletries volume-wise, but were water resistant enough to keep wet bathing suits and stinky running socks.Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
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