as in to spend
to make complete use of
we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles
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Recent Examples of use up
Swapping doesn’t use up a turn, and figuring out the best time and place to move each ally plays an important role in the toughest fights.
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Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
Lateef, a Nebraska commit, was 14 of 18 passing for 115 yards in the first half as the Lancers used up large chunks of clock to keep St. John Bosco’s offense off the field.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
Ways To Use Leftover Cider Looking to use up the rest of the bottle apple cider?
—Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
Here's a sample of the offers to Boost members with digital coupons, which can be used up to 5X in one transaction:
Five-pound bag of Kroger brand flour: 99 cents.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2024
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Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
Lateef, a Nebraska commit, was 14 of 18 passing for 115 yards in the first half as the Lancers used up large chunks of clock to keep St. John Bosco’s offense off the field.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
Ways To Use Leftover Cider Looking to use up the rest of the bottle apple cider?
—Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024
Here's a sample of the offers to Boost members with digital coupons, which can be used up to 5X in one transaction:
Five-pound bag of Kroger brand flour: 99 cents.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 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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The measure updates other sections of the charter dealing with capital improvement funds and spending powers.Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 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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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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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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The divisive race has left Americans exhausted and on edge, Sonoma State Political Science Professor David McCuan said.Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Javonte Williams, Running Back Williams, 24, came to Denver with high expectations after the team exhausted a second-round pick on the North Carolina product back in 2021.Vincent Frank, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Morgan Stanley upgrades Carvana to equal weight from underweight The firm raised its price target on the stock to $260 per share from $110 following earnings and says the Carvana bull case is starting to play out.Michael Bloom, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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There has already been at least one instance of tensions boiling over in South Carolina where ugly scenes played out at an Orangeburg County early-voting location.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 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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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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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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One bird tutor was then released into each group, so that the flock mates could learn to use one solution over another.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The groups’ American Electorate Voter Poll — using a larger Latino sample and additional techniques for polling Hispanics — flipped that outcome, with Harris winning 56% of Latino men to Trump’s 43%.Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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