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

But there are lots of issues that are not so big--issues that only involve, say, $10 or $20 billion a year--like who profits from electricity deregulation, or how much the government spends subsidizing irrigation water for Western farmers.
If everyone but me spends the hour evaluating the candidates and I spend it choosing where to invest my savings, I will get a better return on my investments as well as a better government."
In fact, "The city's Department of Housing and Community Development spends $1 million a year above the market rate to rent its office.
Nobody who spends several hours a day playing slot machines can be called a gambler.
In addition, the federal government spends a large amount of money on Alaska's native peoples.