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be spent

verb as in go

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This practice was actually outlawed in the 1970s after the previous criminal president, Richard Nixon, refused to allow funds to be spent the way the Democratic congress allocated it but it hasn't been fully tested in court.

From Salon

It said £180m should be spent over five years to tackle educational underachievement.

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Some of the money will be spent to protect against wildfires, reduce air pollution and deal with extreme heat events.

The next 20 minutes will be spent trying to change the subject, an act that will inevitably lead to other hidden land mines ... such as vegetables.

The next 10 minutes will be spent trying to divert the conversation away from “male-born transgender athletes” taking over women’s sports because it’s easier for them to win against a bunch of girls.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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