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
Rodgers’s onetime home is among the most expensive listings currently available in Connecticut outside of the famously spendy town of Greenwich.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 July 2025
At $37, the roll is pretty spendy, considering the scant lobster on the bun.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 7 July 2025
For a less spendy sleep solution, this $85 pillow from Coop Home Goods is a favorite among multiple staffers and is backed by more than 46,000 Amazon five-star reviews.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 13 June 2025
Many brunch recipes call for eggs, which are still hovering on the spendy side.
—Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 July 2025
At $37, the roll is pretty spendy, considering the scant lobster on the bun.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 7 July 2025
For a less spendy sleep solution, this $85 pillow from Coop Home Goods is a favorite among multiple staffers and is backed by more than 46,000 Amazon five-star reviews.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 13 June 2025
Many brunch recipes call for eggs, which are still hovering on the spendy side.
—Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spendy
Adjective
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Her Amazon cart contains the ageless, expensive-looking building blocks of any cool girl’s closet.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
8 Mar. 2026
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High rents and expensive homes are driving families and high-wage jobs out of California.—
Matt Mahan,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Unit 2 successfully achieved grid connection Recently, the project’s Unit 2 successfully achieved grid connection and full-load power generation at the first attempt, providing valuable engineering practice in support of China’s new-type power system development.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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After more than two decades in orbit, Mars Express continues to provide valuable views of the Red Planet's surface.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Sinclair fined more than $300,000 for mistake that damaged more than 1,000 vehicles, causing costly repairs.—
Denver Post,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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But less than two years later, the Oracle of Omaha decided to sell—a mistake that proved costly.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Spendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spendy. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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