splurged

verb

past tense of splurge
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 While shopping for purses, Cardi also splurged on a pair of red knee-high boots with gold heels. — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026 More than a quarter of the total audience splurged for premium large-format screenings that can carry steeper price tags. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 22 June 2026 The couple splurged on full insulation, making the shed comfortable year-round, and outfitted it with an affordable IKEA sink for when Ashlie cans pickles and distills essential oils. — Elizabeth Jardina, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026 One day in 1930, as the story goes, Uncle Pat grew tired of eating pork tubes and splurged for steak at the butcher. — Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026 Hernández re-signed with the Dodgers on a one-year deal as the organization splurged again for some of the top free agents in the market, adding Kyle Tucker and Edwin Díaz (Hernández’s WBC teammate). — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026 So, when the Dodgers splurged last winter, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner offered a measured response. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026 Texas State splurged in the transfer portal and brought players from Kinne's Incarnate Word team following his hire. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026 In his 1899 bestseller, The Theory of the Leisure Class, economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen would document the excessive consumption of this new moneyed class, showing that as Wall Street splurged, rural America suffered. — David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splurged
  1. consumed
  2. lost
  3. exhausted
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  • The evidence primarily concerns coffee consumed in customary amounts (8-10 ounces).
    — Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Butter and Margarine Findings presented at Nutrition 2023 showed that people who consumed more than half a tablespoon of olive oil a day had a 28% lower risk of dying from dementia than peers who rarely used it.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Definition of consumed
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  • Samaritan's Purse said nearly every patient treated at its field hospital has lost a family member or close friend.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Jobs will be won and lost over the next six weeks, as the Lions attempt to right the wrongs that led to a NFC North fourth-place finish in 2025.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of lost
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  • Players were exhausted after nearly two years of shifting restrictions and the stress of constantly facing the possibility of solitary confinement in a foreign city.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • While the use of subpoena power against journalists has always been highly controversial, officials in past administrations sometimes justified it by arguing it was used as a last resort, after other investigative avenues were exhausted.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Definition of exhausted

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