as in consumed
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 splurged
Guo splurged on a vintage rose Ferrari.
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Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Como may have brought in Alvaro Morata on loan, but the €100m the league’s biggest spenders have splurged is mainly on up-and-coming players like teenager Jesus Rodriguez from Real Betis and Jayden Addai from AZ.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Como may have brought in Alvaro Morata on loan, but the €100m the league’s biggest spenders have splurged is mainly on up-and-coming players like teenager Jesus Rodriguez from Real Betis and Jayden Addai from AZ.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splurged
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Movies are still big events, still consumed in long sittings, still treated as cultural monuments.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The water and food animals consumed left a chemical signature in their bones, which provided researchers with a key to their origin.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Smaller dogs showed more nighttime activity and higher stress hormones in their early shelter days, and, on average, all canines lost about 5 percent of their body weight during the first two weeks.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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In Kimetsu, anger and sadness over what has been taken away or lost, and the strong desire to protect what’s dear to you, drive the battles.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Texans were up 28-21, and Keller had exhausted all of its timeouts.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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Defense lawyers could still file appeals, but once those challenges are exhausted, the ruling becomes final and any prison terms can be enforced.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Splurged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splurged. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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