- present tense form of spend (3rd person singular).
spends
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The federal government directly spends about A$700m on nature protection, a fraction of the A$33bn – or 1% of GDP – conservationists say it should be.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
But mainly, he spends more time hot-tubbing with Vanessa Williams’ Calypso.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
A two-hour drive west of Havana, in rural Consolacion del Sur, the picture is much the same for farmer Fidel Maqueira, who spends his nights guarding his oxen against theft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Six nights a week, he spends 90 minutes on an elliptical—“I don’t like the bike, it’s not good for my rear”—before some core strength training with a Pilates reformer-like Megaformer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Celia Bowen spends much of the meal talking with Mme.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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