He couldn’t finish the race since he had been expending too much energy by trying to stay with the leaders.
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Expending
Synonyms for "expending" (25 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
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11 entriescalorie consumingcapital expenditurecapital expenseenergy expenditureenergy intensivemonetary expenditureoperating expenditureoperating expenseresource consumingtime consumingtime expenditure
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11 entriescapital expenditureenergy expenditureexpending capitalexpending effortexpending energyexpending fundsexpending resourcesexpending timemonetary expenditureresource expendituretime expenditure
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4 entriesSample sentences
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Removing nuisance and invasive species will let the growing corals avoid expending energy competing for reef space.
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expendings of time and energy
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