- present participle of squander.
squandering
Example Sentences
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We are squandering that advantage arguing about whether to peel guardrails off jail-breakable systems and blacklisting the companies that build them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
I have wondered in these pages whether people are squandering their retirement on eating out.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
They have come in for criticism after squandering a 2-0 lead against bottom side Wolves on Wednesday, conceding a 94th-minute equaliser.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
He accused them of "squandering" a special fund set up to overhaul infrastructure and for climate projects.
From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025
The passenger pigeon remained an emblem of natural bounty, but now it also represented the squandering of that bounty.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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