expending

verb

Definition of expendingnext
present participle of expend
1
as in spending
to hand over or use up in payment redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house

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2
as in consuming
to make complete use of settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expending
  1. spending
  2. consuming
  3. paying
  4. absorbing
  5. reducing
  6. depleting
Verb
  • The Phillies will likely hold onto Bohm and as a result, will likely avoid spending $200 million on Bregman.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the explicitly and deliberately religious charter school is a state actor, and therefore cannot skirt the state’s constitutional rules against spending public education money for religious purposes.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of spending
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  • Testing confirmed that a cat in Washington County, Oregon, died after consuming the raw frozen cat food, which showed a genetic match between the virus and the cat food and the cat.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Federal and state experts encourage people and their pets to avoid consuming raw or undercooked meat products, as well as raw dairy, to avoid the spread of disease.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of consuming
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  • The price Xi’s China is paying is deflation.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The case involved college football players who sued ESPN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and conferences for allegedly misappropriating their right of publicity by featuring them in games broadcast on TV without paying them.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of paying
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  • Taking a look at the cover art really helps with absorbing the concept.
    Eoghan O'Donnell, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Success meant absorbing the abstract pattern and predicting which feeder would open the next day—a feat that may require not just associative learning but executive functioning, which can include the abilities to assess a situation, make plans, and put them into action.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of absorbing
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  • This could ensure more consistent calls, reducing the controversy often seen in high-stakes games.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Conversely, by reducing the number of vehicles entering Manhattan, the initiative could dramatically transform the urban commuting experience.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of reducing
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  • Scientists behind the research, published Wednesday in the journal Royal Society Open Science, suggest that the odyssey may be linked to climate change — which is affecting ocean conditions and depleting food stocks — or possibly a shift in mating strategies.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • However, the country’s oil is fast depleting and even optimistic estimates suggest that the most lucrative reserves will be depleted within the next 30 years.
    Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of depleting
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expended

expending

expenditure

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