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Example sentences for: squandered

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The potential of Prince Edward Island’s fertile soil was squandered by absentee land speculators who milked it only for the rent and left the settlers no motivation to develop it.
In so doing, Republicans squandered their credibility.
That's how Bill Clinton squandered his presidency.
"Seldom has a politician so frivolously squandered the goodwill that originally brought him victory against the tainted Government of Benazir Bhutto.
Some opposed the destruction only because it squandered material resources ( ANOT : 44).