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
However, Rosewood Baha Mar is arguably the most elegant, drawing a more discerning and spendy crowd.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spendy
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The model relies in part on apartments that use its website, which Warnock said are mainly larger, more expensive apartment buildings.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Aug. 2025
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Falling gas prices helped keep overall inflation tame in July; however, a broader array of products got even more expensive last month, showing that President Donald Trump’s expansive tariffs are being passed along to consumers.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
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The sale broke multiple records to land a spot just under Judy Garland's Ruby Red Slippers from 1939's The Wizard Oz — which sold on Dec. 7, 2024, in Dallas for a whopping $32.5 million — as the second most valuable fashion item ever sold.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ship the simplest valuable slice of your grand vision.—
Ashis Ghosh,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Despite strong performances from key players like Phil Foden and Erling Haaland, City's push for a fourth straight league crown was derailed by a few costly draws late in the campaign.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Plastics Technology Readiness Matrix Preserving Social License to Operate As global awareness of environmental justice rises, companies that proactively address community siting, health impacts, and international waste flows will preserve operating licenses and avoid costly litigation.—
Trond Arne Undheim,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Spendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spendy. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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