as in to consume
informal
to spend more money than usual on something for yourself
You should let yourself splurge once in a while.
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Recent Examples of splurge
Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Buying flowers, splurging on jewelry or treating your mom to brunch this Mother’s Day?
—Essence, 6 May 2026
Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Even better, prices in this category start at just $8, so refreshing your travel wardrobe doesn’t have to be a splurge.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
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Verb
The five retreats below — recognized for everything from beginner-friendly yoga to celebrity-grade fitness programming — span coast to coast and price points from accessible to splurge.
—Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Buying flowers, splurging on jewelry or treating your mom to brunch this Mother’s Day?
—Essence, 6 May 2026
Noun
That measurable-outcomes framing, paired with the setting, is what separates the splurge from a standard resort stay.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
Even better, prices in this category start at just $8, so refreshing your travel wardrobe doesn’t have to be a splurge.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splurge
Verb
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By 2030, American data centers alone are projected to consume more electricity than all of the country’s steel, aluminum, cement and chemical production combined.—
Iulia Lupse,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Over time, Price says anger consumed her.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Like air travel, fast fashion, and so many indulgences of our era, drinking invites us to consider a gruelling litany of downsides and then decide whether the trade-offs are worth it.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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For many, a no-phone vacation is less an indulgence than a corrective.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2026
Verb
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But unlike adults, once a baby has lost this capacity, simply listening to music featuring that pattern over the course of a week or two is enough to bring it back.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Russia, which faces hefty international sanctions, has lost vital markets for its oil and gas exports, most notably in Europe, and has become increasingly reliant on India and China as buyers of its energy exports.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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The property has recently undergone major renovations, including a $55 million reimagination of the MGM Tower in 2023, offering guests brand new, more luxurious rooms away from the casino floor and new luxury Vista Suites with wraparound views of the Atlantic City skyline.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 May 2026
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On Thursday, investigators searched a property on Blackie Road in Prunedale, where detectives found a skid steer, forklift and four-stall luxury restroom trailer, each reported stolen from a Salinas rental construction business in November 2025, the office said.—
Kassia Bonesteel,
CBS News,
23 May 2026
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The neighborhood It’d be easy to spend a week around Nay Palad’s beachfront area, alternating between dips in the pool, reading books in a hammock, and tours around the gin-clear water in a see-through kayak—but on-the-up Siargao is well worth exploring.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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What this narrative neglects are all the ways treatment might cause terrible side effects, or the long period one spends being sick, and how one’s identity may have changed in the interim.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Noun
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But where the décor favors restraint, the food chooses extravagance.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Black communities have long created beauty and extravagance.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Specifically, the program targets gap funding, financial support for students who are academically on track to graduate but have exhausted every other source of aid and still face an outstanding balance that could prevent them from finishing.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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At the school board meeting, many parents said they were exhausted from battling their kids over screen time.—
Sharon Lurye,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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“Splurge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splurge. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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