expended
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In the first nine months of this year, the company collected a total of $13.1 billion in cash but expended $40 billion in capital on AI, among $48.1 billion in total capital spending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The budget office says its overall projection includes the costs of replacing expended munitions and equipment lost in battle, increased flying hours, other operations, and increased fuel costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Over the course of the war, US forces have expended vast quantities of both long-range ground attack systems and the air and missile defences used to intercept incoming Iranian attacks.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The U.S. military’s own weapons stockpiles, including crucial drone and missile interceptors, were expended in the first period of the war.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
But as the wave expended its force and the waters withdrew, the bleak rocks remained; there was no arguing with fate; neither his despair nor Lyra’s had moved them a single inch.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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