be spent
Example Sentences
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Paris last week had to sharply increase the interest rate offered in its monthly sale of benchmark government bonds -- money that could otherwise be spent on education or defence.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Funding is to be spent where the issue is considered a particular problem, including the River Brent catchment area.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The California governor and legislature would decide how most of that money will be spent, Bonta said, but it will be used to address child safety on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
A lot of money will be spent on this.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Thus the next several days were to be spent using a plumb line and a measuring stick to obtain the relative positions of all atoms in a single nucleotide.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
