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expendable

[ik-spen-duh-buhl] / ɪkˈspɛn də bəl /


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"Punters don't have the expendable income they once had," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Especially now, workers are better off at companies with track records of advancing their employees’ careers, rather than those treating workers as expendable, said Rajiv Chandrasekaran, a managing director at the Schultz Family Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The man from the future doesn’t have a plan — and worse, he considers himself the only person who isn’t expendable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Stoke Space plans to launch an expendable rocket next year to collect data for its push for reusable vehicles, while Relativity Space wants to test its medium-to-heavy lift, reusable rocket in late 2026.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

They were stowaways now, and stowaways were expendable.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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