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has expended

  • present perfect of expend (3rd person singular).

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No other Big Tech company has expended as much money or effort to restructure its business model for AI.

From Barron's Oct. 24, 2025

For most of his MLB career, Ohtani has expended that athleticism on both pitching and hitting.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2024

The first is that a gift “acknowledges the considerable time and effort your host has expended just to have you over in the first place.”

From Salon Dec. 23, 2023

Fighting for it has come at a cost for Ukraine, too, in terms of casualties and the ammunition it has expended to repel Russian troops.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2023

Since its organization the county has expended $30,000 on roads to Chippewa waters.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman