- present participle of spend.
spending
Example Sentences
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Lee McGrath, 51, from Bridgend, remembers spending his summers exploring and playing hide-and-seek with the other kids in the tunnels.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2026
But spending time around that ferry has made me wonder if modern life has undersold inconvenience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
As Dan Kois illustrates in this ode to kicking back with friends, spending unstructured time together is a blessedly simple cure to the ills of modern life.
From Slate • Jul. 10, 2026
To forecast rates, Blizzard primarily looks at inflation, the job market, consumer spending and stocks.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 10, 2026
The costs of the searches had been staggering, with the English government spending more than fifty million dollars in today’s money.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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