Expend
verb
To use or spend time, energy, or resources.
He had to expend a lot of energy to finish the project on time.
Often appears as...
- expend energy
- expend resources
verb
To pay out money or to invest in something.
The company expended large sums on new equipment.
Often appears as...
- expend money
- expend funds
verb
To use or spend time, energy, or resources.
He had to expend a lot of energy to finish the project on time.
Often appears as...
- expend energy
- expend resources
verb
To pay out money or to invest in something.
The company expended large sums on new equipment.
Often appears as...
- expend money
- expend funds
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Pro Tip 1/3Non-Monetary Use
The word 'expend' can refer to using non-financial resources, like time or energy.
Physicians expend considerable mental energy during long surgeries.
Pro Tip 2/3Effort Involvement
'Expend' often implies significant effort or the use of a considerable amount of a resource.
Marathon runners expend their stamina over the course of the race.
Pro Tip 3/3Task Completion
Use 'expend' to describe resources used to achieve a specific goal or task.
Scientists expend many hours of research to make new discoveries.
Pro Tip 1/3Non-Monetary Use
The word 'expend' can refer to using non-financial resources, like time or energy.
Physicians expend considerable mental energy during long surgeries.
Pro Tip 2/3Effort Involvement
'Expend' often implies significant effort or the use of a considerable amount of a resource.
Marathon runners expend their stamina over the course of the race.
Pro Tip 3/3Task Completion
Use 'expend' to describe resources used to achieve a specific goal or task.
Scientists expend many hours of research to make new discoveries.
Pro Tip 1/3Non-Monetary Use
The word 'expend' can refer to using non-financial resources, like time or energy.
Physicians expend considerable mental energy during long surgeries.
Pro Tip 2/3Effort Involvement
'Expend' often implies significant effort or the use of a considerable amount of a resource.
Marathon runners expend their stamina over the course of the race.
Pro Tip 3/3Task Completion
Use 'expend' to describe resources used to achieve a specific goal or task.
Scientists expend many hours of research to make new discoveries.
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
That long neck and long tail help it radiate heat into the environment, passively controlling its temperature. And that long neck also serves as a super-efficient feeding mechanism. Dreadnoughtus could stand in one place and with that neck clear out a huge envelope of vegetation, taking in tens of thousands of calories while expending very few.
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Andreas Raptopoulos: No...
And it's counterintuitive, but the cost of energy expended for the flight is only two cents of a dollar today, and we're just at the beginning of this. When we saw this, we felt that this is something that can have significant impact in the world. So we said, okay, how much does it cost
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A Black man goes...
You see, nature doesn't care about your race. That's man-made. Nature just cares about healthy organisms, and your precious ethnic features are expendable to that aim. So the moment that you let go of that racist identity and relatch onto humanity, all your problems go away.
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Why good leaders make...
is not because they necessarily hire better people. It's because they don't fear their leaders. You see, if the conditions are wrong, we are forced to expend our own time and energy to protect ourselves from each other, and that inherently weakens the organization.
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Will future spacecraft...
that would measure everything from temperature to cosmic rays. You could deploy thousands of them for the cost of a single space shuttle mission, exponentially increasing the amount of data we could collect about the universe. And they're individually expendable,
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Terror Bird vs. Wolves PIPE...
Titanes feels like its life is in danger once the terror bird gets the idea that it's in a sense outnumbered at a strategic level it's probably not going to expend this energy over that carcass is probably going to divert its energy somewhere else
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Building social capital...
contributed to the gift cycle said it was the altruistic sweat that made it so meaningful altruistic sweat perhaps or maybe expending creative energy together just feels really good I build social capital with communication design I'm a
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The last living members...
do we have a responsibility to try to bring species back from the brink, especially when human actions brought them there in the first place? Are there limits to the effort we should expend on saving animals threatened with extinction?
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Capitalism will eat...
where machines serve the humans and the humans expend their energies exploring the universe and indulging in long debates about the meaning of life in some ancient, Athenian-like, high tech agora.
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Watch the Flight of a...
grain of salt this is no mean feat but it's vitally important because like the geese they're on a knife-edge energy budget the straight of their bee lines the less energy they expend
Video examples
Hunting for dinosaurs...
That long neck and long tail help it radiate heat into the environment, passively controlling its temperature. And that long neck also serves as a super-efficient feeding mechanism. Dreadnoughtus could stand in one place and with that neck clear out a huge envelope of vegetation, taking in tens of thousands of calories while expending very few.
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Andreas Raptopoulos: No...
And it's counterintuitive, but the cost of energy expended for the flight is only two cents of a dollar today, and we're just at the beginning of this. When we saw this, we felt that this is something that can have significant impact in the world. So we said, okay, how much does it cost
Video examples
A Black man goes...
You see, nature doesn't care about your race. That's man-made. Nature just cares about healthy organisms, and your precious ethnic features are expendable to that aim. So the moment that you let go of that racist identity and relatch onto humanity, all your problems go away.
Video examples
Why good leaders make...
is not because they necessarily hire better people. It's because they don't fear their leaders. You see, if the conditions are wrong, we are forced to expend our own time and energy to protect ourselves from each other, and that inherently weakens the organization.
Video examples
Will future spacecraft...
that would measure everything from temperature to cosmic rays. You could deploy thousands of them for the cost of a single space shuttle mission, exponentially increasing the amount of data we could collect about the universe. And they're individually expendable,
Video examples
Terror Bird vs. Wolves PIPE...
Titanes feels like its life is in danger once the terror bird gets the idea that it's in a sense outnumbered at a strategic level it's probably not going to expend this energy over that carcass is probably going to divert its energy somewhere else
Video examples
Building social capital...
contributed to the gift cycle said it was the altruistic sweat that made it so meaningful altruistic sweat perhaps or maybe expending creative energy together just feels really good I build social capital with communication design I'm a
Video examples
The last living members...
do we have a responsibility to try to bring species back from the brink, especially when human actions brought them there in the first place? Are there limits to the effort we should expend on saving animals threatened with extinction?
Video examples
Capitalism will eat...
where machines serve the humans and the humans expend their energies exploring the universe and indulging in long debates about the meaning of life in some ancient, Athenian-like, high tech agora.
Video examples
Watch the Flight of a...
grain of salt this is no mean feat but it's vitally important because like the geese they're on a knife-edge energy budget the straight of their bee lines the less energy they expend
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Said Sayrafiezadeh
American Playwright
I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
Life is not to be expended in vain regrets. No day, no hour, comes but brings in its train work to be performed for some useful end - the suffering to be comforted, the wandering led home, the sinner reclaimed. Oh! How can any fold the hands to rest and say to the spirit, 'Take thine ease, for all is well!
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Brian Lee
American Businessman
ZipRecruiter's data-driven approach to matching the right employer with the most qualified job-seeker helps reduce the time, resources and frustrations expended during the hiring process, and the company is well positioned to extend its offerings to serve both employers and job seekers.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
Does it make sense for the U.S. to expend hundreds of billions of dollars to mount a new Apollo-style program to return to the moon? Or have we blazed that trail? Shouldn't we help other nations achieve this goal with their own resources but with our help?
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Grace Gealey
American Actress
The greatest lesson I have learned in life is that I am enough simply because I have been given life. Growing up, I constantly found myself trying to please others because I wanted to be included and validated. I expended myself completely.
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Randy Pitchford
American Businessman
Up until 'Blue Shift,' 'Half-Life' characters were repeating, expendable entities. In 'Blue Shift,' important named partners will work with you over the course of several levels and objectives in order to overcome the hazards of the plot.
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John Romaniello
American Author
I've often said that while gaining muscle can be very difficult, it's also pretty simple - at the heart of it, you just need to take in more energy than you expend, and use an intelligent program. This is especially true for beginners.
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David Ogden Stiers
American Actor
I think the preservation of orchestras and what they do is worth expending all the ways there are to reach out to people who might not otherwise go.
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Max Stirner
German Philosopher
He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his life does not have it and can as little enjoy it.
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Bryant H. McGill
American Author
Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.
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Said Sayrafiezadeh
American Playwright
I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
Life is not to be expended in vain regrets. No day, no hour, comes but brings in its train work to be performed for some useful end - the suffering to be comforted, the wandering led home, the sinner reclaimed. Oh! How can any fold the hands to rest and say to the spirit, 'Take thine ease, for all is well!
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Brian Lee
American Businessman
ZipRecruiter's data-driven approach to matching the right employer with the most qualified job-seeker helps reduce the time, resources and frustrations expended during the hiring process, and the company is well positioned to extend its offerings to serve both employers and job seekers.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
Does it make sense for the U.S. to expend hundreds of billions of dollars to mount a new Apollo-style program to return to the moon? Or have we blazed that trail? Shouldn't we help other nations achieve this goal with their own resources but with our help?
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Grace Gealey
American Actress
The greatest lesson I have learned in life is that I am enough simply because I have been given life. Growing up, I constantly found myself trying to please others because I wanted to be included and validated. I expended myself completely.
Quote examples
Randy Pitchford
American Businessman
Up until 'Blue Shift,' 'Half-Life' characters were repeating, expendable entities. In 'Blue Shift,' important named partners will work with you over the course of several levels and objectives in order to overcome the hazards of the plot.
Quote examples
John Romaniello
American Author
I've often said that while gaining muscle can be very difficult, it's also pretty simple - at the heart of it, you just need to take in more energy than you expend, and use an intelligent program. This is especially true for beginners.
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David Ogden Stiers
American Actor
I think the preservation of orchestras and what they do is worth expending all the ways there are to reach out to people who might not otherwise go.
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Max Stirner
German Philosopher
He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his life does not have it and can as little enjoy it.
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Bryant H. McGill
American Author
Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.
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