Sentence examples for having been spent from inspiring English sources

The phrase "having been spent" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to something that has already happened in the past. For example: The money had already been spent, so it was too late to make any changes.

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With $6 billion having been spent on campaigns for federal races (much of it from secret donors), the risks of quid pro quo politics are growing.

Foxconn said its $10 million donation to Carnegie Mellon was "moving forward very successfully," with half of the funds having been spent four years later.

This month, the board simply did away with district administrators, leaving two regional administrators in their stead, millions of dollars having been spent to no clear end.

Last week, The New Yorker reported that Mark Zuckerberg's 2010 gift of $100 million to the Newark School District hadn't really improved the schools — with most of the money having been spent on labor contracts and consulting fees.

STARTING SLOWLY Paris Saint-Germain remains winless in the French league after playing a scoreless tie with Ajaccio, increasing the pressure on Manager Carlo Ancelotti, with $300 million having been spent on new players in the past two seasons.

Today, with much blood and money having been spent, northern and western Iraq is full of jihadis, and the U.S. government is figuring out how to prevent them from overrunning the rest of the country.

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Nothing has been spent.

The money has been spent.

But less than half has been spent.

Federal stimulus money has been spent.

It shouldn't have been spent.

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