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[spair] / spɛər /






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In February 2025, the company filed for bankruptcy, leaving its customer base — mostly in California — without vehicle warranties, a limited supply of spare parts and additional costs for maintenance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Translation services, when available, take time most clinicians feel they can’t spare.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

He said the page had been created in his name with private messages asking if people had "anything you can spare" as "things have been a bit difficult lately".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The long-term nature of the leverage will also spare traders from the intense volatility decay experienced from holding leveraged ETFs that see big price swings and that reset daily.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

Their parents didn’t know about the boys’ bet for the spare room.

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon

The novel spares none of the details of this formative excursion, winningly capturing the singalongs and relay races, the mountain hikes and mess-hall protocols.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“While nothing can undo the loss of Zayde, this resolution spares his loved ones from having to relive these horrific events through a lengthy and painful jury trial.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

The pope will arrive by helicopter, a diplomatic subtlety that spares him from landing on French soil without actually visiting France.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

The planning application also includes public access along a circular walk, viewing areas, public toilets, spares to hire and restoration of the existing orchard.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

In case of error they can’t be uploaded like the whole Boston curriculum—there are no spares in case one is lost.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Some, I’ve looked at them, and I saw that I want to put more things on the front too,” he continues, looking specifically at one of the sparer pieces near the front of the gallery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

Both Churchill and Zelenskyy inspired with their rhetoric, though Churchill’s words were more grandiose, while the Ukrainian leader’s message is sparer and more direct.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022

It’s written, like her last novel, the furious and gorgeous climate-crisis allegory “A Children’s Bible,” in sparer, less busy prose.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

In this cosmos of text, the white squiggles become sparer at the outskirts, like stars at the edge of a galaxy.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022

He turned from his wife's portrait, fearing the thought that her joy on their daughter's return might be sparer than his.

From Evelyn Innes by George (George Augustus) Moore

The softer light makes even the sparest of holiday décor feel homier.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

It is not the city’s fanciest, or its sparest.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2022

He’s known to demand only the sparest detail in his briefings, and his workdays frequently include hours watching cable news and posting on Twitter.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2020

Ideally, they’ll have only the sparest of answers to cling to as they sort out the aftermath themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2017

They understood each other, using the sparest words.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I had invited them into my apartment expecting an awkward demonstration, but the work was remarkably thorough and spared me from having to do it myself.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

There was also Nora in September 1997, which was briefly at tropical storm strength as its center passed along the California-Arizona border, but California was spared the kind of damage it delivered to Baja California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The Ellisons have been spared a prolonged legal ordeal to make even harder the job of keeping up two sprawling studio facilities located in the high-cost Los Angeles area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

President Donald Trump in April re-posted a claim on X by a pro-Israel youth activist in the United States that eight women faced death by hanging, with the US leader urging them to be spared.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Each extravaganza is expected to surpass its predecessors; no expense is spared.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

What’s unsurprising about Chuck Lorre’s memoir: He dishes, and without sparing anyone, including himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The tech giant said it had “never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly” as it lifted prices by as much as 25% on key items, while sparing increases for its signature iPhone.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

In justifying the repeal of its former rule, the SEC argued that repeal made negotiating settlements easier and cheaper — thus, sparing the SEC’s scarce resources.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a pleasant surprise for dozens of New York City landlords: He is sparing them from his proposed rent freeze this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

She did not cry or bid for pity—and he knew she was sparing him these things.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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