verb
adjective
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used up or exhausted; consumed
-
(of a fish) exhausted by spawning
Other Word Forms
- well-spent adjective
Etymology
Origin of spent
First recorded in 1425–75, for the adjective
Example Sentences
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Aren’t hundreds of billions of dollars already being spent building AI data centers on Earth?
From Los Angeles Times
The residents have spent years fighting to halt the plan.
From Barron's
His team spent the entire first half climbing out of a hole.
From Los Angeles Times
Johnson isn’t the only athlete wondering why the people who spent nearly six centuries building the Duomo couldn’t figure out a better way to attach a medal to a ribbon.
After high school, he said, he spent several years working on farms, including with the Amish in Lancaster, Pa.
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