spare
Example Sentences
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From government ministers to village chiefs, no-one has been spared in Xi's campaign against "tigers and flies" - that is, both high-ranking elites and grassroots officials.
From BBC
The island is where Iran exports 90% of its crude oil, but the attack spared oil infrastructure “for reasons of decency,” he said on social media.
“We made this in my spare bedroom, and the animators made it from their home office in rural Ireland, and we weren’t thinking about the Academy Museum when we made it.”
From MarketWatch
It spares the host from managing a revolving door of goodbyes, avoids disrupting the natural energy of the event and doesn’t encourage others to leave simply because they see you heading for the door.
The United States has so far been spared from the oil supply crisis thanks to the country being the world's leading producer of crude.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
