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  • past participle of spend.
  • past tense form of spend.
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spent

[spent] / spɛnt /


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Lim, a travel content creator, has spent decades accumulating the kits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Hay had survived being captured just weeks after D-Day and spent years educating children about World War Two.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Leo's predecessor Francis spent weeks there for treatment before his death last year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Participants who were active more often spent more time in these valuable stages of sleep.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

I’ve spent so much time there that the mattress is less a flat plane than a trench.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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