spoken for
Example Sentences
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All of this year’s supply is spoken for, and 2027 order books are getting close to full.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
"All these billions of individuals that existed through time are spoken for by this one specimen."
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
U.S. gas exporters don’t have capacity available to ship much more LNG abroad than they already are, and much of their current output is spoken for in 20-year supply deals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Worse still, the money is already spoken for.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 22, 2025
The doe was silent and her three companions said nothing: but their stillness showed plainly enough that she had spoken for all of them.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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