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6 total sentences available.
A day is a period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day improper — the former devoted to sins of business, the latter consecrated to the other sort.
Source: tatoeba (3149890)
The Obama Administration is committed to saving you money. We are hunting down misspent tax dollars through the Campaign to Cut Waste.
Source: tatoeba (3651222)
President Obama and Vice President Biden launch the Campaign to Cut Waste, which will hunt down and eliminate misspent tax dollars in every agency and department across the Federal Government.
Source: tatoeba (3651315)
My dear Watson, you would confer a great favour upon me by coming. And I think that your time will not be misspent, for there are points about the case which promise to make it an absolutely unique one.
Source: tatoeba (6957457)
Showing 4 of 6 available sentences.
Closest matches include consumed, dissipated, down the drain, frittered, lost.
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