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as in fling
a time or instance of carefree fun
went on a spending spree
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as in binge
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
after a lifetime of self-destructive sprees, the poet Dylan Thomas died at last of an alcoholic overdose
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Recent Examples of spree
The competitive rebuild seems to be nearing its final stages as the Vikings recently went on a $300 million spending spree designed to put unproven quarterback J.J. McCarthy in the best position to succeed.
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Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025
Part of the reason for the exorbitant rise in the cost of college can be traced to a decades-long hiring spree for administrators and other non-academic faculty.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
But finally, relief: In 2022, the Simons Foundation committed funding that allowed arXiv to go on a hiring spree.
—Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
Dollar General is opening a store in Orlando, Florida, amid a spree of closures nationwide.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025
Part of the reason for the exorbitant rise in the cost of college can be traced to a decades-long hiring spree for administrators and other non-academic faculty.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
But finally, relief: In 2022, the Simons Foundation committed funding that allowed arXiv to go on a hiring spree.
—Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
Dollar General is opening a store in Orlando, Florida, amid a spree of closures nationwide.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spree
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There were little flings and hookups and attachments amid all of this, and the fibre of daily living, and the constants in my life which served as the filling in between.—
Bryan Washington,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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Sure, Coop is in her 20s and capable of making her own romantic decisions… but a power imbalance is a power imbalance, and even a student-professor fling that seems mutual won’t shake out evenly in the end, especially when said student is rebounding from a long-term love.—
Rebecca Luther,
TVLine,
17 Mar. 2025
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If Episode 5 is the binge, Episode 6 is the hangover, with Saxon and Lochlan piecing together what happened the night before.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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Hybrid drinking is the antithesis of the frat-party keg stand or boozy brunch binge.—
Joe Chura,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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Her knack for hairdressing revealed itself on a lark, though her creative sensibilities were clear from an early age.—
Caroline Reilly,
Robb Report,
2 Mar. 2025
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But in a key way, this gentle, nonjudgmental lark is timely too.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Dec. 2024
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The bus is full of heroes, students, shoppers, phone scrollers, mothers with kids, silent commuters and the occasional drunks.—
Keith Sharon,
The Tennessean,
18 Feb. 2025
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Then, the president’s trainwreck brother, Tripp Morgan (Jason Lee), wakes up in room 301 next to Wynter’s corpse after passing out drunk.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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In the Cape Ann League, Vinn Winter (six goals) and Finn Wright (five goals, four assists) dominated the play, as Ipswich cruised to a 17-5 romp of Amesbury.—
Kristina Banahan,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The one-night-only reading of the romp, presented as part of Chance Theater’s On The Radar New Works Program, is directed by Sasha Nicolle Smith and stars Tristan Cunningham, Kathleen Littlefield and Josh Schell.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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The defense argued that the robberies were committed during a multi-day drug bender, when the two were impaired from narcotics and lack of sleep.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Admittedly, the year started with the consensus brimming with high expectations, with valuations at post-pandemic highs and retail investors on a raging risk bender.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2025
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But the trend at the giddiest heights of real estate isn’t the waft of a Brady Bunch idyll.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
22 Mar. 2025
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Houses have always been haunted, but, whereas poltergeists of yore troubled the suburban idyll of white America, in these shows the scariest spectre is a disappearing profit margin.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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The last mild recession in the U.S. was in 2001, when employment and corporate investment both fell in the wake of the dot-com bust.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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This is creating a water boom as the ice melts, but it will inevitably be followed by a devastating water bust as the glaciers all but disappear, which scientists estimate could happen by the end of the 21st century.—
Ari Caramanica,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Spree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spree. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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