spare

Example Sentences

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Among the recipients were educators from Pasadena Unified’s John Muir High School, which was spared from flames but whose staff and students were deeply affected by the conflagration.

From Los Angeles Times

Upstart cargo airlines are forging what they call a modern silk road, connecting factory hubs in China to population centers across Europe, where Chinese immigrants get paid to store goods in spare rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the downside for oil appears “limited,” he added, because OPEC+ retains significant spare production capacity that it can use to support the market “if prices fall too far.”

From MarketWatch

Asked whether the Palisades should be spared from permit fees for grading, pools or retaining walls, she responded: “I can’t say that,” calling such details “minutiae.”

From Los Angeles Times

And no part of the economy was spared.

From MarketWatch