squander
Example Sentences
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Many Angelenos believe the city’s leaders have squandered billions in funds meant to alleviate the homelessness crisis and allowed unhoused people to take over public space.
From Los Angeles Times
“Investors should watch closely for signs that management could squander its enhanced capital generation in pursuit of empire building,” analysts write.
Many countries, he noted, "failed to capitalise" on similar opportunities or "squandered them in the face of global shocks and imprudent policies".
From Barron's
We are squandering that advantage arguing about whether to peel guardrails off jail-breakable systems and blacklisting the companies that build them.
Their conclusion seems to have been that this was an opportunity that should not be squandered.
From BBC
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