as in spending
to use up carelessly
fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet
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To be sure, the AI boom could deliver that revenue surge—but even slight weakening in spending growth across the industry could hit CoreWeave disproportionately.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025 -
For example, financial therapist Aja Evans recommends leaning into self-care activities that cost little to no money, like going outside and spending time with family and friends.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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And then there's the great strength of the survivor girl, the heroine running through all of them.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Starting with the 2026 season and running through 2028, Fever will become SailGP’s Official Ticketing Partner, helping fans discover and book SailGP events.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Its share price collapsed a few months after going public, losing a third of its value since the start of the year before Monday's news.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Opening a business with 2% margins in a city that already gets top scores for equitable access to groceries sounds like a losing proposition.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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That employee questioned whether the cost of moving equipment from one building to another, possibly misplacing or throwing away equipment in the process, was actually saving Goddard and the federal government money.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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For the past week, dozens of Christians on TikTok — many of them mothers — have posted videos throwing away their Hatch machines and encouraging others to throw them away as well.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Fiddling away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiddling%20away. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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