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Recent Examples of spendy However, Rosewood Baha Mar is arguably the most elegant, drawing a more discerning and spendy crowd. Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025 Photograph: Samsung Forget the spendy flagship smartphone. Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025 Reforming and eventually replacing this spendy program should be at the top of any to do list for a new administration. Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 The spendy options run from the eponymous Italian dishes of dressed fish to uni taco bites, caviar nachos and prawns a la plancha. Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for spendy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spendy
Adjective
  • Washing a couch or sofa, professional carpet and upholstery cleaner Ben Brazell says, is more precarious than carpet cleaning because the upholstery is often a lot more expensive and much easier to damage.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Kelty Low Loveseat At around $130, the Kelty Low Loveseat hits a sweet spot price-wise; substantial enough to feel generous, but not over-the-top expensive.
    Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The world’s most valuable digital currency by total market capitalization traded largely between $4,300 and $4,400 on Monday, September 8, after falling to nearly $4,250 the weekend before, according to Coinbase data from TradingView.
    Charles Lloyd Bovaird II, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That scarcity made the work valuable.
    Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimately, costly mistakes — a Miles Sanders red zone fumble in the third quarter and three drops from CeeDee Lamb in the fourth quarter — gave the Eagles a slim 24-20 victory.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Oregon is another state feeling the strain of costlier and harder to obtain insurance policies, with Cotality finding that major insurers have begun to pull back homeowner insurance coverage in parts of Oregon.
    Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Spendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spendy. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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