burn
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Still, the company will reportedly burn through more than $100 billion by 2029.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
An intensive coding session by a programmer can burn through one million tokens in a matter of hours or less.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
According to forecasts it has shared with investors, it is set to burn cash at a level that would dwarf any other public company in history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
This can lead to "retinol burn" where their protective skin barrier gets damaged.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Mama was afraid he’d burn up the good crops, but Pop said he’d burn ’em before he’d let the grasshoppers eat ’em.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing burn
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Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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