as in pocket money
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Recent Examples of spending money
For many, including 24-year-old Indiantown, Florida, residents Jacquelyn Cusumano and Camryn Moody, buying a home together was a way to stop spending money on rent and start investing in their future.
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Lucas Bogardus, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Users who register as younger than 13 will automatically get a Cabined Account that requires parental consent via email and voice/text chat, spending money and custom display names are disabled unless a parent provides consent.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 4 Feb. 2026
Two years after the Citizens United ruling, the high court upheld as constitutional the longstanding federal law barring foreign nationals from spending money directly or indirectly in any elections in the United States.
—Michael Gianaris, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
Michigan mother, 56-year-old Christina Obermok, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to spending money on herself that was intended for a hockey team associated with the Oakland Junior Grizzlies.
—Julia Avant, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
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Lucas Bogardus, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Users who register as younger than 13 will automatically get a Cabined Account that requires parental consent via email and voice/text chat, spending money and custom display names are disabled unless a parent provides consent.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 4 Feb. 2026
Two years after the Citizens United ruling, the high court upheld as constitutional the longstanding federal law barring foreign nationals from spending money directly or indirectly in any elections in the United States.
—Michael Gianaris, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
Michigan mother, 56-year-old Christina Obermok, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to spending money on herself that was intended for a hockey team associated with the Oakland Junior Grizzlies.
—Julia Avant, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spending money
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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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By law, the maximum contribution directly to a city candidate’s campaign is $1,000, which looks more and more like a petty cash account compared to the unlimited donations PCs can accept.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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She was hired as the school's bookkeeper in 2018 responsible for internal accounts, the budget, accounts payable, petty cash, purchase orders and requisitions.—
Scott Butler,
Florida Times-Union,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Spending money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spending%20money. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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