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Example sentences for: spend

How can you use “spend” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"The decline in Medicare spending is a phenomenal development," said a former director of the Congressional Budget Office, which, the NYT reports, had predicted that the government would spend $19 billion more on Medicare last year than it actually did.
After all, who else do divorced parents spend their time with?
With the value of the prize diminished, they'll be willing to spend less in its pursuit.
Mark will spend millions of dollars of his own money against John, the odds-on favorite who also has the clear fund-raising advantage.
At this point, of course, that kind of maneuver should come as no surprise, since companies now seem to spend as much time looking at the stock ticker as at their production lines.