: an unrestrained indulgence in or outburst of an activity
a buying spree
also
: a drunken revel : binge
Examples of spree in a Sentence
went on a spending spree
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News of the talks broke last month as Paramount embarked on a dealmaking spree after closing its $8 billion merger with Skydance.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
The school attack, which terrified students and parents, capped a violent spree that left at least three people dead and more than a dozen others wounded across the city.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Premiering this week at the Toronto International Film Festival, Carolina Caroline is an outlaw road movie that chronicles the crime spree and romance of a young West Texas woman named Caroline (Samara Weaving) and an effortlessly cool conman known as Oliver (Kyle Gallner).
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
In the 1980s, Kraft was bought by tobacco giant Philip Morris during a food-company buying spree.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
The school attack, which terrified students and parents, capped a violent spree that left at least three people dead and more than a dozen others wounded across the city.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Premiering this week at the Toronto International Film Festival, Carolina Caroline is an outlaw road movie that chronicles the crime spree and romance of a young West Texas woman named Caroline (Samara Weaving) and an effortlessly cool conman known as Oliver (Kyle Gallner).
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
In the 1980s, Kraft was bought by tobacco giant Philip Morris during a food-company buying spree.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Spree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spree. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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spree
noun
: an outburst of activity
a buying spree
Geographical Definition
Spree
geographical name
ˈshprā 
ˈsprā
river 247 miles (397 kilometers) long in eastern Germany flowing north into the Havel River
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