as in to splurge
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Recent Examples of overspend
About 9 in 10 Republicans and just over half of Democrats agreed that the country was overspending on foreign aid at the time.
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Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Kids might fall behind on schoolwork; adults could become distracted during the workday or overspend on supplies related to their hobby.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 14 Apr. 2025
In particular, the luxury taxes associated with teams overspending on players present the biggest risk, McKenna and Barlow both said.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
Keeping old accounts open can help improve your credit utilization and history length, but avoiding overspending and accumulating new debt is essential.
—Christina Majaski, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Kids might fall behind on schoolwork; adults could become distracted during the workday or overspend on supplies related to their hobby.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 14 Apr. 2025
In particular, the luxury taxes associated with teams overspending on players present the biggest risk, McKenna and Barlow both said.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
Keeping old accounts open can help improve your credit utilization and history length, but avoiding overspending and accumulating new debt is essential.
—Christina Majaski, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspend
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While other owners splurged on artwork, yachts and beachfront homes, Mr. Irsay spent tens of millions of dollars on guitars played by musicians like Bob Dylan and a championship belt won by Muhammad Ali.—
Ken Belson,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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As with any offseason splurge, some of the incumbent talent on the roster will be pushed by the Panthers upgraded arrivals.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
21 May 2025
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Africa has rarely ranked high on the Pentagon’s list of priorities, but the U.S. has still spent hundreds of millions of dollars on security assistance and has roughly 6,500 Africa Command personnel on the continent.—
Sam Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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In their 1995 trial, jewelry sales representative Mary Ellen Mahar testified that the brothers had come to her store just four days after the killings and spent about $15,000 on three Rolex watches.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
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For example, in 2024, China supplied 70 percent of all lithium-ion batteries consumed in the U.S.—
Elena Bou,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Soy is a common allergen, and thus the undeclared ingredient could pose a risk to those with a soy allergy who consume the product.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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The impact of the estate tax could deplete 40% of the assets subject to tax at her death.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The early colonists didn’t deplete this plentiful stock much, if at all.—
Benjamin Cassidy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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But were you really impoverished by buying from Costco?—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Republicans have floated industry-destroying ideas like taxing college and university scholarships as income, which would instantaneously blow up thousands of budgets in higher education and impoverish millions of students.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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The board expects to establish authorize another buyback once the existing share repurchase is exhausted.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
23 May 2025
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The Treasury Department has placed its last order for blank pennies and plans to stop minting the one-cent coins as soon as that's exhausted.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
22 May 2025
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The series has so much escapist potential in its initial episodes, poking at the absurdities of abundant wealth and ladling in so much silly foreboding, only to squander it because the series is unable to create anything resembling an emotional payoff.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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The Red Sox once again squandered a gift with two outs in the seventh courtesy of the wind when Abreu hit a pop fly into shallow left field that Brandon Nimmo couldn’t handle.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
20 May 2025
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Yet, Novo Nordisk Foundation did not waste this crisis.—
Tima Bansal,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Their efforts filled about a dozen crates, transforming what might otherwise have gone to waste into nutritious food for neighbors in need.—
Vidula Aiyer,
Mercury News,
25 May 2025
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“Overspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspend. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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