expended
Example Sentences
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The Pentagon currently estimates the fiscal cost of the war so far at around $29 billion, mostly reflecting expended munitions.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
No firearms or expended bullet casings were found.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Grieco said that while interceptors are being expended on drones, it is not to the same degree as for missiles, and "the most acute shortage is with the ballistic interceptors."
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
More fundamentally, as AI handles routine cognitive work, the remaining human contribution shifts toward judgment, creativity and relationship management—the value of which bears little relationship to time expended.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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