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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Mubi’s shopping spree of Cannes competition titles is continuing at pace.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 May 2025
Honeywell has been on a shopping spree over the past year and a half, spending $11 billion on deals to boost the company’s growth rate.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 May 2025
With a new name, Infinite Reality went on a shopping spree, picking up nine more companies, each one boosting the firm’s valuation.
—Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The Chinese tech giant needs more graphic processing units (GPUs), a type of chip used to crunch data for AI.
Capital expenditure jumped 386% year-on-year to 36.6 billion yuan during the fourth quarter as the company went on a shopping spree for semiconductors, executives said yesterday.
—Yue Wang, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 May 2025
Honeywell has been on a shopping spree over the past year and a half, spending $11 billion on deals to boost the company’s growth rate.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 May 2025
With a new name, Infinite Reality went on a shopping spree, picking up nine more companies, each one boosting the firm’s valuation.
—Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The Chinese tech giant needs more graphic processing units (GPUs), a type of chip used to crunch data for AI.
Capital expenditure jumped 386% year-on-year to 36.6 billion yuan during the fourth quarter as the company went on a shopping spree for semiconductors, executives said yesterday.
—Yue Wang, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Shopping spree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20spree. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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