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spends

British

/ spɛndz /

plural noun

dialect a child's pocket money

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The BLS spends the days before a release collating the data and assembling the public report.

From The Wall Street Journal

On and off the ice, he said he spends about six hours a day working on some part of the physical or mental facets of his skating.

From Los Angeles Times

If he spends an hour with a cat, he starts looking like Will Smith in “Hitch,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

At 58, Chin spends her ice time coaching, working children as young as 3 up to two-time Olympian Kailani Craine of Australia.

From Los Angeles Times

Along with his work looking for locked-up immigrants, Cook spends a lot of time on the streets at protests, helping people understand their rights — and limitations — and seeing first hand what is happening.

From Los Angeles Times

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