wasted

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The changes are intended to improve “transparency, accountability, and oversight for Federal awards” while “ensuring that American tax dollars are not wasted or misused,” according to the White House office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026

They added the court case has "wasted so much valuable court time and more than £50m in legal costs".

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

The letter ensures that "time isn't wasted in a place where there is no expectation of recovering people alive," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

In Paris, “Franklin wasted no time, hiring a French cook and stocking his cellar with over a thousand bottles of wine.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

In the first few weeks, alas, poor Xiang Xiang couldn’t master the skilled panda technique of bamboo eating—he wasted about 75 percent of the edible plant—and probably spent much of those days hungry.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh