as in expensive
commanding a large price
Seattle is generally credited with transforming coffee from a workaday drink to a trendy and spendy beverage
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Recent Examples of spendy
The spendy options run from the eponymous Italian dishes of dressed fish to uni taco bites, caviar nachos and prawns a la plancha.
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Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
No airbags, anti-lock brakes, shoulder belts, cruise control or air conditioning (likely a spendy option).
—William Roberson, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
For those working behind the scenes, Amazon’s sprawling, stunning and spendy fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is marked by a secrecy not unlike the clandestine creation of the titular gold bands in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024
Forget the spendy option and get a seriously great affordable smartphone instead.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2024
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Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
No airbags, anti-lock brakes, shoulder belts, cruise control or air conditioning (likely a spendy option).
—William Roberson, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
For those working behind the scenes, Amazon’s sprawling, stunning and spendy fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is marked by a secrecy not unlike the clandestine creation of the titular gold bands in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024
Forget the spendy option and get a seriously great affordable smartphone instead.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spendy
Adjective
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Critics dismissed it as expensive and unnecessary, arguing that students could read a guide or browse online forums for free.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Mandatory spending—like those entitlement programs—is much more expensive than discretionary spending.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Senior executives are now shouldering more direct reports, managing tasks once owned by middle managers, and losing valuable time for strategic thinking.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2025
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Years before, scientists funded by industry scouted the seabed there, discovering both valuable minerals and new forms of life.—
Christian Elliott,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Why Has Back-Office Automation Been So Hard? Back-office functions like accounting, HR, sales ops, compliance and data management have historically been labor-intensive and error-prone, difficult to scale, costly to maintain and built on disconnected legacy systems.—
Sudhir Menon,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article 3 min A prank carried out by the son of Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich has proven to be a costly one.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Spendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spendy. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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