as in to splurge
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Recent Examples of overspend
The company intentionally overspent on marketing, promotions, technology, licensing and more to solidify its market share in a competitive industry.
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Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Having overspent during Moore’s first two budgets, Maryland faced a $3.3 billion fiscal shortfall during its most recent General Assembly.
—Anirban Basu, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2025
The company forecasts overspending the loan by about $157 million through next year, according to a January filing in an unrelated lawsuit.
—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
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Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Having overspent during Moore’s first two budgets, Maryland faced a $3.3 billion fiscal shortfall during its most recent General Assembly.
—Anirban Basu, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2025
The company forecasts overspending the loan by about $157 million through next year, according to a January filing in an unrelated lawsuit.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspend
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Maybe you’re feeling tempted to splurge on something fun, but are somehow reminded of bills or savings goals.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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And in 2023 when a standoff in Congress prompted sentiment to decline, Americans still splurged throughout that year, namely on concerts and travel.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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That year, the board hired Pat Gelsinger, an engineer who had spent 30 years at Intel before leaving it for other companies and eventually running VMware.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Elordi spent up to 10 hours per session in the makeup chair and worked 18-hour days in full prosthetics.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Republicans have opposed public funding for meals consumed by students whose families can afford to pay for the food.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Odell emphasized that the structure of Studio DRBZ was well suited to the way content is created and consumed in the social media age.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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In addition, holiday shopping began as early as July for some consumers, who were looking to avoid higher prices and shortages on retail shelves later in the year, inevitably depleting the sales tally for the traditional November through December holiday period.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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Plants that are heavy feeders or that have high water requirements may deplete resources mums need.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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Cinema sometimes has to know how to give in to a cause, but another thing entirely is to impoverish cinema by attributing to documentary cinema a mere and strict role of denunciation.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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In one of the most unfortunate episodes in Haitian history, France not only impoverished the Haitian people but got away with what may very well be the greatest heist in history.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Given how many comebacks the Pacers had in the playoffs, there is some evidence that all that pressure (plus a relentless offensive pace) exhausts teams over 48 minutes.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Dassey, now 35, has exhausted his appeal efforts.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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That set the tone for a day where the Tigers again squandered so many chances.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Knueppel would end up being the tourney MVP and helping Duke get to the Final Four, where the Blue Devils lost to Houston after squandering a six-point lead in the final 35 seconds.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Families are struggling with rising costs while City Hall wastes millions.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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This team is too talented and the defense is too good to waste a season waiting for the play caller to develop.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Overspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspend. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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