as in spendthrift
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
in the carefree environment of a vacation, even a person of modest means has the urge to play the high roller
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Recent Examples of high roller
The first vast eight rows of tables closest to the stage are reserved for longtime supporters and high rollers, and Palm Springs has plenty of them.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
So, organizers took the collection off-site to the MGM Casino and created a special gallery event for high rollers.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2024
Williams envisions two- to three-day immersive events where fans, hotel guests, high rollers and families can get in the ring and have fun before the matches.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Even among the giants of Big Tech, Microsoft (MSFT) is the leading high roller, with Bloomberg Intelligence projecting the company’s capital outlay could hit $53 billion this year.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
So, organizers took the collection off-site to the MGM Casino and created a special gallery event for high rollers.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2024
Williams envisions two- to three-day immersive events where fans, hotel guests, high rollers and families can get in the ring and have fun before the matches.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Even among the giants of Big Tech, Microsoft (MSFT) is the leading high roller, with Bloomberg Intelligence projecting the company’s capital outlay could hit $53 billion this year.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high roller
Noun
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While small compared to what the RTA has spent on lobbying efforts, the spendthrifts at the CTA don’t put much confidence in how any of the agencies would spend dwindling amounts of Illinois tax dollars if lawmakers hold them back from the looming fiscal precipice.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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Most states allow spendthrift trusts, but some limit the amount of principal that can be protected.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The food today is extraordinarily good and prodigal.—
Jeff Kleinman,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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The discomforts include not just his recent and possibly expedient diagnosis of bipolar disorder but also the return of the other prodigal, Nazareth.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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Ridley, traumatized by the cancer death of her mother and considered mostly a wastrel by those around her for pursuing a degree in the dread-inducing major of art history, knows a thing or two about the mythology behind these kindly rainbow-spewing creatures.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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Henry Muck, suitably nicknamed Prince Hal by his family and friends, may be Industry’s version of the ultimate privileged wastrel.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2024
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
24 Oct. 2024
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“High roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20roller. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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