expendable
Example Sentences
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But Golden State was deep at the wing position, making Martin expendable with its other positional needs.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
"Punters don't have the expendable income they once had," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Tech billionaires looking to burnish their image seem to believe that the work ethic is an expendable feature of a free-market society.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 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
My years there created for me an expendable past, disposable as a plastic cup.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing expendable
Power Suffix: -able
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