as in to splurge
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Recent Examples of overspend
The company forecasts overspending the loan by about $157 million through next year, according to a January filing in an unrelated lawsuit.
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Calmatters, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025
Travelers can enjoy Paris without overspending by timing trips for the off-season, booking early, and skipping touristy hotspots.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
State governments are not allowed to overspend – to run a deficit like the federal government has been doing for a quarter of a century.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and extend tax cuts, a new survey shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs the GOP has focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps.
—Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
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Calmatters, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025
Travelers can enjoy Paris without overspending by timing trips for the off-season, booking early, and skipping touristy hotspots.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
State governments are not allowed to overspend – to run a deficit like the federal government has been doing for a quarter of a century.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and extend tax cuts, a new survey shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs the GOP has focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps.
—Linley Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspend
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Each store will hold three drawings per day, giving loyal customers a chance to splurge on everything from bookcases to cozy textiles.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
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For those willing to splurge, seaplanes lift off from the harbor to reveal a bird’s-eye view of the city and the Øresund Bridge.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Bobenmoyer spent seven years as a dental assistant.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
18 Sep. 2025
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In Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and Austin, renters typically spent less than 20 percent of their median income on rent.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Participants in the study who often consumed chilis also had a 34 percent lower chance of dying of cardiovascular disease.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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But his own research found that the countries with the lowest fracture rates are actually those that consume the least milk.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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These agreements phased out the majority of ozone-depleting substances.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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When rates begin to drop, buyers who were also waiting will begin to buy, depleting inventory and ultimately driving prices even higher due to demand.—
Jason Peters,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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Clearly, holding single parents legally responsible for incautious, negligent or irresponsible parenting could fill up jails and prisons and impoverish such families completely and radically.—
Ellen Sauerbrey,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Aug. 2025
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The current budget increases funding, but at a rate less then inflation, further impoverishing our schools.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
20 July 2025
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The Texans were up 28-21, and Keller had exhausted all of its timeouts.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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Lula was imprisoned in 2018, but he was released in November 2019 after the Supreme Court ruled that defendants can’t be jailed before exhausting appeal options.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Seeing another key matchup in Week 2, Jim Harbaugh’s team didn’t squander the opportunity for another victory.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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In keeping with the MrBeast energy, Bargatze regularly kept viewers updated with how much money the winners were earning, and squandering.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Red Sox went in order in the sixth, and wasted Trevor Story’s two-out single in the seventh and Nick Sogard’s two-out walk in the eighth.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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So although he was drafted last summer and made his professional debut this spring, the Blue Jays decided there was no reason to keep wasting his filth in games that don't count.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Overspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspend. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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