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

[spent] / spɛnt /


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Recently acquired tax records also show that the university spent $6.1 million to bring in basketball coach Eric Musselman.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Mountcastle spent 24 years as a prosecutor in the Western District of Virginia.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

One of the country's leading experts in homes for unmarried mothers has spent months piecing together surviving records about St Monica's, which was run by the Church of England.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Investors spent years treating Chili’s like an aging casual-dining chain.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

“I had spent a lifetime learning about plants and what they could do to heal.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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