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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 end result is a polyphonic spree of subcontinental flavors.
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Jordan Michelman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 July 2025
Kentuckians might want to hold off from going on a spending spree just yet.
—Mike Snider, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
That means consumers who took part in the spring spending spree are left even more financially vulnerable.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 2 July 2025
Zuckerberg’s poaching spree is just the high-stakes version of a much older human truth: transformation is easier to imagine when someone close has already blazed the trail.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Jordan Michelman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 July 2025
Kentuckians might want to hold off from going on a spending spree just yet.
—Mike Snider, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
That means consumers who took part in the spring spending spree are left even more financially vulnerable.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 2 July 2025
Zuckerberg’s poaching spree is just the high-stakes version of a much older human truth: transformation is easier to imagine when someone close has already blazed the trail.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spree
Noun
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And will Adam and Seema’s fling turn into something more?—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
10 July 2025
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The list of celebs that were also on the yacht included Martha Stewart, Kendall Jenner, Naomi Campbell, Kate Hudson, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Anitta, Tessa Thompson, and even Brady’s old fling Irina Shayk.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
10 July 2025
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Streaming, with its binge model and personal-device availability, made viewing increasingly less about a family or group of friends gathering around a flat-screen and more about everyone balancing their laptop on their stomachs or hunching over their phones.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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Netflix shows can do the same thing even with a binge model — but Pulse simply isn’t the same kind of big, showy event series as a Wednesday or Squid Game or even Department Q.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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That colossal production, which involved the construction of villages in which to film and the onscreen involvement of the host country’s armed forces, began as a lark and turned into an albatross.—
Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
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The trip is presented almost as a lark, something to break up the sisters’ otherwise not-that-exciting lives.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
24 June 2025
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What amazing feats the confidence of the drunk can accomplish.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Sometimes rough language is all a drunk can understand.—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
1 May 2025
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Winner of the Tony for Best Musical among a raft of prestigious awards, the diabolically funny romp was based on a novel by Roy Horniman.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 July 2025
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McConnell finished with 12 points, nine rebounds, six assists and four steals in 24 minutes of Indiana’s 108-91 Game 6 romp of OKC.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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If Florida’s central Gulf Coast — traditionally a magnet for Midwestern retirees and spring break beach benders — is worthy of world-class architecture and a high-society brand like Waldorf Astoria, who’s to say Raleigh-Durham and Colorado Springs aren’t next?—
Peter Lane Taylor,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Digs, seams, benders, posts — Ward will make his money in the NFL on aggressive routes between the numbers.—
Derrik Klassen,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Out back, the garden is the kind of English idyll dreams are made of.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
16 June 2025
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In subsequent books, the outside world impinges on Roz’s idyll.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2025
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Location and local businesses The city administrators presented two potential locations for the council to consider: Swift Street, a bust main street at the heart of the local business district, and Macken Park, located at 1002 Clark Ferguson Drive, a ways away from businesses.—
Alecia Taylor,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2025
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Robertson County Sheriff's deputies recently made their largest methamphetamine bust in history after nearly a half-million dollars worth of the drugs were found during a home search in Cedar Hill, officials said.—
Katie Nixon,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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“Spree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spree. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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