high-rolling

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Recent Examples of high-rolling The movie is about how Irwin and his brother, a high-rolling ex-cop named Gary (Adam Driver), get involved in a financial scheme that ensnares them in the tentacles of the Russian mob. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2026 Ignored by food critics, the restaurant’s excellent sushi has for years enjoyed a following of high-rolling hoodied sushi bros and movie stars on date nights. Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025 Having smoothed things over with Roxie, Jake then returns to the same sweaty, high-rolling, predatory lender to discuss obtaining a large personal loan immediately and off the books. Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025 Trade deadlines are all about risk and reward, and the New York Mets certainly entered the proceedings with a high-rolling attitude this season. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-rolling
Adjective
  • According to last year’s audit, the school’s wasteful spending included roughly $2 million on employee trips to San Diego, $80,000 for travel to Maui and $2,600 for a trip to France.
    Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • People-helping organizations that serve the most vulnerable in our communities don’t intend to be wasteful.
    Ryan Dewey Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • In many states, including Maryland, debtors may exempt substantial assets from bankruptcy, including retirement accounts, spendthrift trusts and substantial equity in real estate (unlimited in Texas).
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The bottom line was that the Trust was not a spendthrift trust under Illinois law.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Despite all of this potential economic turmoil on the Canadian side, Carney still concluded that at the end of the day, the cost of acceding to Washington’s extravagant demands was higher than the cost of job losses and strain on a key industry.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Their journey leads them through an extravagant amusement park built on the grounds of a drug lord’s former estate.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Just as life in industrial urban centers in the nineteenth century caused hardship in rural villages, the profligate lifestyles enjoyed by those of us in the Global North are underwritten by the immiseration of those in the Global South.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Avoid the impulse to label someone as cheap or profligate after one or two dates, AARP advises.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 6 June 2026

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“High-rolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-rolling. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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