be spent

Example Sentences

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However, the initiative does not stipulate how dollars diverted from payroll must be spent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"Otherwise," he shrugged, "whatever I earn would be spent on medicines."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

He said it included 45 billion euros to be spent by 2031 on data centres in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

Bigger tax refunds have helped to offsite the financial bite from higher gas prices, but eventually the refunds will be spent.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Kenyon doubted it; he could not conceive of ever wanting to waste an hour on any girl that might be spent with guns, horses, tools, machinery, even a book.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote