expendable
Example Sentences
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Mickey is left with an impossible choice: spend his one life running from death, or spend eternity dying and being reborn as an Expendable, hopefully getting to enjoy some of his existence along the way.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025
Statham’s Christmas has been left out of this mission for a minor infraction, but he makes his way aboard nevertheless, and thank goodness, as he’s seemingly the only Expendable with any pep in his step.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023
Six months and a run to the NBA Finals later, Mr. Expendable is suddenly Mr. Indispensable as the Celtics pursue their 18th championship.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2022
Another is the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle, a satellite system using medium- and heavy-lift rockets that the Pentagon requested about $1.7 billion for this year.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2012
I would have been happy for him if it wasn’t so obvious that the rest of us had been simultaneously demoted to Expendable Civilian Status and thus were a whole lot less interesting to him.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
Vocabulary lists containing expendable
Power Suffix: -able
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