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spends

British  
/ spɛndz /

plural noun

  1. dialect a child's pocket money

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After reaching orbit, Orion spends its first day in high Earth orbit practising manual flying and testing life support before shaping its path towards the Moon.

From BBC

By offloading the menial stuff to an artificial-intelligence, she says she has freed up time she wouldn’t otherwise have, which she now spends taking guitar and singing lessons.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ad business, which itself leans into AI and machine learning, will give the company a solid base even as it spends eye-watering sums on AI.

From Barron's

Canada and Australia all have programs that, combined with local incentives, can refund nearly half the money a studio spends locally on a production.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now he spends a lot less time on the road, and he doesn’t appear to get the same lift from his fans that he used to.

From Salon