expendable
Example Sentences
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"Punters don't have the expendable income they once had," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The man from the future doesn’t have a plan — and worse, he considers himself the only person who isn’t expendable.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
The people in stories like these are designed to be expendable through the film’s ensuing events, fodder for the chills and thrills.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
Stoke Space plans to launch an expendable rocket next year to collect data for its push for reusable vehicles, while Relativity Space wants to test its medium-to-heavy lift, reusable rocket in late 2026.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025
Desiring cheap, expendable labor, colonists imported nearly eight thousand Africans from the western and southern parts of the continent in the mid-1600s.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
Vocabulary lists containing expendable
Power Suffix: -able
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