How to Use big spender in a Sentence
big spender
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Bloomfield has been a big spender in recent school board election cycles.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
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The hedge-fund magnate is worth about fifty billion dollars and is an unabashed big spender—from pièds-a-terre to politics.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
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Milwaukee wasn’t a big spender, itself, ranking 19th in payroll.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
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In an era in which income inequality is a source of increasing political and social concern, Griffin is an unabashed big spender.
—Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
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Another big spender was the Kentucky League of Cities, with spending on municipality-friendly lobbying that topped $85,000.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Apr. 2025
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