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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If your travel wish list includes a new pair of walking shoes, a sleek luggage set, or compression packing cubes, now is the perfect time to start your shopping spree and save up to 76 percent. Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025 With today’s economic uncertainty, a shopping spree may be off the table, but that doesn’t mean your home has to feel stagnant. Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025 To be sure, for many guests the soirée turned into a little shopping spree. Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025 Concerned about threats from fintech and big tech firms, the bank, led by CEO Jamie Dimon, went on a shopping spree of smaller fintech firms starting in 2020. Hugh Son,dawn Giel, CNBC, 29 Sep. 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 17 Oct. 2025.

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