overspends

verb

present tense third-person singular of overspend
as in consumes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspends
  1. consumes
  2. spends
  3. depletes
  4. exhausts
  5. splurges
  6. loses
  7. squanders
  8. runs through
Verb
  • Higher follower counts and active social engagement attract major brand sponsors, even if a viewer consumes clips rather than full episodes.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Murrill told lawmakers last year that defending the state against these claims consumes an enormous amount of time and resources and that the fund should be abolished altogether.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of consumes
Verb
  • In other words, someone who exercises regularly but also spends many hours each day watching television still has additional risks for worse cognitive health because of their passive sedentary behavior.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Pizzini explained that because Carol spends so much of the story barricaded inside, the home was designed with an interior atrium to preserve natural light after the windows were shuttered.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of spends
Verb
  • Expertise is a stock of answers, and a stock depletes the moment the questions change.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Not like brushing shoulders with Lil Baby and Lil Yachty is a musical death sentence (Veeze is still tearing it up), but for a rapper who specialized in free-flowing street sermons, that slight touch of formalism and structure depletes the vibe.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026
Definition of depletes
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  • That’s because even ordinary winds – and far worse, storms and earthquakes – cause tall buildings to sway, which ruins people’s concentration, wrecks their mood, and even exhausts them.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
  • Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me.
    — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
Definition of exhausts
Verb
  • For years, American families have relished the vast marketplace that global trade offers, finding essentials and splurges online at prices tailored to various budgets.
    — Leif Larson, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of splurges
Verb
  • If a contractor loses enough workers to delay a project, the demand for everyone else on that project can fall with them.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • One core argument is that because roster spots are fixed and because fall rosters are largely set by this point in the summer, an athlete from the class returning to college and taking a roster spot would harm the player who loses the spot.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of loses
Verb
  • Over and over, Levinson squanders opportunities for humanization or interiority in favor of provocation.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
  • Trapping individuals in endless cycles of exclusion and financial hardship squanders potential, reduces tax revenue and widens disparities.
    — Brian Fabes, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of squanders
Verb
  • That balance between global format and local identity runs through the group’s approach to language as well.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • What To Expect This Fall At Keeneland The Fall Meet opens October 2 and runs through October 24, 17 racing days which don’t include Mondays and Tuesdays.
    — Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of runs through
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“Overspends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspends. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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