spend time
Example Sentences
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She and her husband were working harder and harder but weren’t managing to spend time with their kids, let alone get ahead financially.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
He plans to spend time in Mexico City, collaborating with sculptor Brian Thoreen on a project that they hope will illuminate new solutions to the city’s water shortages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Altman noted in the Fortune interview that OpenAI would spend time “meeting this moment of what is going to be required for safety and alignment, and how the industry and governments can work together.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
The Labour leader will spend time in Belfast hearing from young people before meeting Stormont's first and deputy first ministers.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“I’m talking court cases, supervised visits—how you gon’ have some stranger supervise me as I spend time with my babies?
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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