spend
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Anthropic’s reported growth deceleration comes as the company plans to spend over $500 billion on chips and infrastructure over the next decade, according to a Reuters story from last month.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Others spend more on the basis of salary income.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
In the meantime, the Chicago-born pontiff is expected to spend at least a few days recovering at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Investors have been weighing up user engagement - the amount of time customers spend on Netflix - as it competes with platforms such as YouTube and TikTok.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Like she didn’t spend half of last year texting Trent Baker, even though she’s not allowed to date.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Graduate student Megan Sweet, who studies biological sciences at Virginia Tech, spends much of her time preparing extremely thin slices of tumor tissue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The show, which can certainly be tense, spends more time on being funny than violent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
She spends her days working three different jobs to support her family of four, including as a primary school art teacher, as US inflation continues to rise.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The medical-cost ratio is a closely watched metric that calculates the percentage of health-insurance premium revenue that UnitedHealth spends on medical care.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Kellerman spends the last five minutes of the class talking with us about our upcoming art project, and I’m relieved to just zone out and listen.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
Guitarrica’s fortuitous relationship with music emerged from the time he spent during his formative years in his grandparents’ Spanish village of less than 100 people, Las Cuevas de Cañart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The episode began when Talarico spent nine days off the campaign trail recovering from a bout of the flu.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
Federal prosecutors allege that the 35-year-old Alfozan had spent weeks scoping out an executive conference room inside an OpenAI office building where top-secret meetings about industry-leading AI models and products took place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The girls had spent weeks adapting to the new rules and searching for acceptable alternatives to headscarves, said the teacher, who wished to remain anonymous.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The sixth night I spent in the ward both bedpans were suddenly and mysteriously missing.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
But she’ll have candy ready for trick-or-treaters in honor of sweet memories she has of spending time with her aunt on Halloween walking around the neighborhood or mall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
He had been playing professional baseball since he was just 17, spending more than a decade bouncing across seven different organizations with little success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"The main challenge is persistently weak domestic demand, particularly consumption and property investment, which additional infrastructure spending is unlikely to reverse quickly," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The falls come after remarks by Hock Tan, the chief executive of US tech manufacturer Broadcom, over AI spending.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
After spending the day hidden 200 feet below the surface, the Soviet submarines rose to shallow depth to recharge their batteries in the dark.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
