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

[spent] / spɛnt /


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Leading the Future has raised more than $75 million, and its Democratic and Republican affiliates have spent a total of about $34 million, according to data as of Thursday from the Tech Oversight Project.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

That takes time, and the shaping of time spent mourning is one of the purposes of ritual.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Pierina Nicuray, a 21-year-old university graduate, has spent a week camped out in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Bereft, Kearns spent three years thinking, “What now?” and kept coming back to the same thing: He wanted to be a dad.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The sixth night I spent in the ward both bedpans were suddenly and mysteriously missing.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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