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
Despite his religious stature, Khamenei has increasingly become politically expendable, analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 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
“He was expendable because we had a heck of a running back.”
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Vocabulary lists containing expendable
Power Suffix: -able
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