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Recent Examples of spending money
Research has shown that spending money on time-saving services or objects is linked to greater life satisfaction rates.
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Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2026
That the impossible standards we're sold are designed to keep us small, distracted, and spending money on the next fix.
—Sarah Oreck, SELF, 6 Jan. 2026
But spending money wisely is a more difficult task.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Increasing diversity among those in influential positions also means different conversations about what kind of food is worth spending money on.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2025
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Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2026
That the impossible standards we're sold are designed to keep us small, distracted, and spending money on the next fix.
—Sarah Oreck, SELF, 6 Jan. 2026
But spending money wisely is a more difficult task.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Increasing diversity among those in influential positions also means different conversations about what kind of food is worth spending money on.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spending money
Noun
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Panahi recalled his younger self, who would scrape together pocket money to see a film once every one or two weeks in Iran.—
Thomas Page,
CNN Money,
16 Jan. 2026
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Society insisted that women were the dependents of men, and working women were conveniently imagined as wives and daughters earning pocket money to purchase lace doilies for their dressing tables.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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She was known for her generosity — giving scores of her books and nearly-new clothes and jewelry to friends and keeping a petty cash fund just for veterinary bills for loved ones’ ailing pets, the friend said.—
Frank Suraci,
Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
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Three of the businesses said the suspect got away with petty cash, but that the damages caused are much greater.—
Briseida Holguin,
CBS News,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Spending money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spending%20money. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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