is expending
- present progressive of expend (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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This boost to revenue and tourism, the government argues, justifies the resources it is expending.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
The goal isn’t merely replenishing what the U.S. is expending, but building more than enough to deter the next war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
“The State Bar is expending significant resources into its investigation” of Spolin, an agency prosecutor, Akili Nickson, wrote in an April 10 update to one lawyer shared with The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
Battlefields around Vuhledar, southwest of Bakhmut and also in the Donetsk region, bear witness to the precious equipment and manpower that Russia is expending, with little territorial gain for now.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
No man can do his best when he is hurried and fearful, when he is expending energy in a manner as useless as a tug blowing off steam.
From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Scott, Walter Dill
