as in pocket money
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Recent Examples of spending money
These days, being in the tax is a lot more than just spending money.
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Greg Daco, the chief economist at EY Parthenon, says people are being more careful about spending money, especially on things like going out to eat.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 May 2025
The holy grail of prevention would be a model that could pinpoint those who would become homeless, and avoid spending money on those who never would.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Consumers couldn’t stop spending money, even as inflation soared as high as 9.1% in June of 2022.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
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Josh Robbins, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Greg Daco, the chief economist at EY Parthenon, says people are being more careful about spending money, especially on things like going out to eat.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 May 2025
The holy grail of prevention would be a model that could pinpoint those who would become homeless, and avoid spending money on those who never would.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Consumers couldn’t stop spending money, even as inflation soared as high as 9.1% in June of 2022.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spending money
Noun
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My own first summer job as a kid in search of after-school pocket money was picking cigar tobacco on a Connecticut farm just north of Hartford.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
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Having your full income as pocket money is not a good life lesson at all.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Granger government should pursue the right safeguards to prevent its oil fund from becoming a petty cash reserve for the president.—
Raúl Gallegos,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Feb. 2017
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Yes, there’s a bit of petty cash filtering in here and there for their little projects.—
Heidi Blake,
The New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2023
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“Spending money.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spending%20money. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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