as in wastes
an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint
his purchase of a new yacht was only one of a series of reckless prodigalities
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Noun
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What never stops, though, is the eternal leak of CO2 from the necks of volcanoes poking above the frozen wastes.—
Peter Brannen
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025 -
In addition to the impending shipments of elevated radioactivity wastes from New York, Wayne Disposal, off I-94 near the Willow Run Airport in Wayne County's Van Buren Township, was receiving elevated-radioactivity wastes from another FUSRAP site, a long-shuttered beryllium plant in Luckey, Ohio.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The same parents who built our algorithmic economy now limit their own children’s exposure to it, creating a new kind of digital divide—one where being unplugged and well-read are the ultimate luxuries.—
Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Spending grew faster than incomes, eating into savings, and much of it came from necessities rather than luxuries.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Prodigalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodigalities. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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