spare
Example Sentences
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In December, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge granted her diversion due to mental health issues, sparing her potential jail time.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike in previous shocks, some of which lasted months or longer, Saudi Arabia and other major crude-oil exporters have a limited ability to step up spare production capacity while the strait is effectively closed.
Yet the performance is mostly one of heartbreaking reserve; her occasional voiceover comes in short, spare declarations from Carol’s diary on the latest dreadfulness to afflict the town.
Morgan analysts wrote in a recent note to clients, during periods of high market volatility, gold “is not spared from the sell-everything dynamic.”
From MarketWatch
At that time, Gov. Tiff Macklem said the risk of higher energy costs spreading and lifting prices for other goods and services looked contained at present, citing excess spare capacity floating around in the economy.
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