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Synonyms for expend
Synonyms
disburse, drop, fork (over, out, or up), give, lay out, outlay, pay, shell out, spend
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Josh Taylor took over for Porcello, but after facing just two hitters and plunking C.J. Cron, Cora elected to go to Brian Johnson instead of expending another high-leverage reliever. — Julian Mcwilliams, BostonGlobe.com, "Slow start sinks Red Sox in loss to Twins," 3 Sep. 2019 The outcome spoiled a superb performance by De La Salle running back Shamar Garrett, who rushed for 187 yards on 17 carries while also expending energy at free safety. — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, "Football: De La Salle stumbles, loses to St. Thomas Aquinas," 23 Aug. 2019 The next stage of talent acquisition in Elias’ first season guiding the Orioles’ front office will require expending players. — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, "One year after trading spree, examining who the Orioles might move this year," 5 July 2019 Emanuel’s administration filed a lawsuit to try to force Smollett to repay the city $130,106 — the cost of the police overtime hours expended in the investigation into his allegations. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "What happened? A timeline of the Jussie Smollett case," 20 Feb. 2019 But the Japanese efforts did more lasting damage to its own military, expending pilots, aircraft and ships Japan simply could not replace fast enough to sustain the war. — Benjamin Jensen, The Conversation, "A World War II battle holds key lessons for modern warfare," 25 July 2019 By using the Gateway instead, NASA will expend a lot of extra energy just to build the station and get people there, Zubrin argues. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "NASA’s daunting to-do list for sending people back to the Moon," 18 July 2019 While Apple and Microsoft are expending considerable effort to attract developers to make native apps for their desktop operating systems, Google is taking a different tack based on very different financial incentives. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, "Catalyst deep dive: The future of Mac software according to Apple and devs," 1 July 2019 Such collateral arrests have sparked concern from immigration advocates who argue that the government shouldn’t be expending limited resources arresting people whose only offense is being in the U.S. without permission. — Alex Leary, WSJ, "U.S. Cities Prepare for Federal Immigration Raids," 22 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'expend.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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