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  • past tense form of spend.
  • past participle of spend.
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spent

[spent] / spɛnt /


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I feel as though I’ve spent much of my summer taking shots at “Obsession” gussying up its thin characterizations to fool people into thinking it’s anything more than your standard horror sludge.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

LIV spent £3.7bn, luring players like DeChambeau with lucrative contracts and significant prize money.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Nicknamed "the Glooper" for his cries of "Gloop! Gloop!" after each strike, Godin spent more than three decades lobbing pies at rich and famous targets he felt needed bringing down a notch.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

DOJ officials and the company had spent months exchanging settlement proposals but had little to show for it, and some in the government had been pushing to break up the giant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

I’d been home for two months and had spent them all praying that nobody would learn what I’d done.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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