shopping spree
noun
: a short period of time in which someone buys a lot of things
We went on a shopping spree.
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The perpetrator went on a shopping spree with her $53 and bank card.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The defending Western Conference champions were the Presidents’ Trophy favourites after hockey operations CEO and acting GM Jeff Jackson went on a July 1 shopping spree and maintained that status during training camp.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
On a national level, cash buyers, many of them investors, have pulled back after a pandemic shopping spree.
—Ryan Deto, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Now, after an offseason shopping spree coupled with the pending return of some veteran starters from injury, the Dodgers should no longer have that problem.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
The defending Western Conference champions were the Presidents’ Trophy favourites after hockey operations CEO and acting GM Jeff Jackson went on a July 1 shopping spree and maintained that status during training camp.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
On a national level, cash buyers, many of them investors, have pulled back after a pandemic shopping spree.
—Ryan Deto, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Now, after an offseason shopping spree coupled with the pending return of some veteran starters from injury, the Dodgers should no longer have that problem.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shopping spree
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“Shopping spree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20spree. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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