well spent

idiom

: worth having been used : worth the time money, etc.
This computer wasn't cheap, but it was money well spent.
Listening to her talk was time well spent.

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The money, at least until recently, turned out to be well spent. — The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025 Research, state school finance reforms, and lessons from the Great Recession show us that money, well spent, does matter for academic and life outcomes. — Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Publish on the front page of The Baltimore Sun all DOGE’s findings regarding how money that was previously destined for inappropriate uses might now be well spent on our homeland. — Judith Giacomo, Timonium Add your voice: Respond to this piece or other Sun content by submitting your own letter. — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025 If the only thing Kennedy does over the next four years is figure out why some people are more vulnerable to vaccine problems than others, then his time will have been well spent. — Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for well spent

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“Well spent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well%20spent. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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