squanders

verb

present tense third-person singular of squander
1
as in spends
to use up carelessly squandered all her money gambling in casinos

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2
as in disperses
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart a single blast of the shotgun squandered the herd of deer

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Recent Examples of squanders All are standing aside while Stephen Miller squanders whatever standing the Republican Party had left with veterans, frontline civilians and military families. — Shawn Vandiver, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 Over and over, Levinson squanders opportunities for humanization or interiority in favor of provocation. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 28 May 2026 Trapping individuals in endless cycles of exclusion and financial hardship squanders potential, reduces tax revenue and widens disparities. — Brian Fabes, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 Too bad, because along the way Borgli squanders some fine performances. — Moira MacDonald, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026 However, while singular moments are presented with clarity, the film often squanders its emotional momentum. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026 Instead, the movie squanders Knight’s talent for delivery and hands him an awkward slapstick bit that feels like work just to watch. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025 Either the Broncos offense wakes up, or this team squanders all of the goodwill from beating the Eagles last week. — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025 But Team Blue ultimately squanders their lead, completely botching the puzzle as the other two tribes smoke theirs. — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squanders
  1. spends
  2. disperses
  3. loses
  4. wastes
Verb
  • Compared to a woman who spends her days toiling to defend some of America’s most underserved, Lee’s a man who wrote a puff piece about some rich, white dude.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • For anyone who spends a lot of time online, the series’s AI origins are hard to miss.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of spends
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  • A lot of the time, Deadline first exclusively breaks news that disperses to other outlets and, eventually, social media.
    — The Deadline Team, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Dark skies as a natural resource After Kelsey speaks, the crowd disperses to already set-up array of telescopes.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of disperses
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  • BetMGM is offering new users a chance to bet on today’s game and earn up to $1,500 if your first bet loses when using promo code FOXNEWS.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • But what begins as a bold and daring attempt to broach progressive issues in a notoriously conservative society ultimately loses its nerve, acquiescing to a number of eyebrow-raising narrative compromises.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of loses
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  • The pilot for Eternally Yours wastes its story, larding up on exposition that definitely could have been distributed throughout an entire season.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Using the wrong one for your hair type wastes money and delivers no visible result.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of wastes

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“Squanders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squanders. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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