be spent

Example Sentences

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Millions will be spent to regild the hulking Art Deco statues that buttress Arlington Memorial Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Currency from abroad would be spent in government-owned stores, alleviating internal tension and providing the state with desperately needed foreign exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

He said it included 45 billion euros to be spent by 2031 on data centres in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

"Don't treat it as every second of the day should be spent working towards your academic career," Qaiyoom added.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Thus the next several days were to be spent using a plumb line and a measuring stick to obtain the relative positions of all atoms in a single nucleotide.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson