- present participle of spend.
spending
Example Sentences
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Advertisers from Macy’s to Levi Strauss have announced that a portion of the multimillion-dollar tariff refunds they received from the federal government will go to boost marketing spending as the holiday shopping season approaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
View hours rose only about 2% in the first half of 2026 compared with a year earlier, even as content spending climbed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Still, a 6% 10-year yield also sounds “reasonable” if the prices for oil and related fuels stay high, the strong artificial-intelligence spending cycle continues and U.S. economic growth remains constructive, Reid said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
"She was regularly going on expensive foreign holidays and there were other indications of extravagant spending."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
I couldn’t imagine spending twenty-four hours a day, every day with her.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
