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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

“The city has expended millions and millions of dollars so far and is going to continue to expend millions and millions of dollars to remediate this issue,” Feuer said at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

Analysts say North Korea has huge supplies of artillery shells, rockets and small arms ammunition that could help Russia replenish the vast stocks it has expended in more than 18 months of war in Ukraine.

From Reuters • Sep. 11, 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

Mrs. Russell Sage at Sag Harbor, Long Island, has expended many thousands of dollars in the experiment.

From The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)