as in consumes
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 splurges
Leif Larson, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
For years, American families have relished the vast marketplace that global trade offers, finding essentials and splurges online at prices tailored to various budgets.
—Leif Larson, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splurges
Verb
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Reading respects our time; video consumes it.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Cooling systems account for up to 40% of a data center’s power consumption and an average midsized data center consumes more than 35,000 gallons of water per day.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Brands are also positioning sour treats as more mindful indulgences, promoting gluten-free recipes and the absence of synthetic colors.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Choose future freedom over current indulgences.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
16 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The startup gains apparent capability but loses operational confidence.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Friends question her sanity and stability, and Helen loses herself further inside her mounting grief.—
Adam Graham,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Still, Stroheim’s spending was out of control—literally so, insofar as attempting to rein him in seemed to provoke new extravagances.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
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The more exciting news for everyone who can’t afford such extravagances is that Malone is promising new music by then.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
4 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The denial exhausts the city’s legal options for the 2022 ballot measure, known as Measure C.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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Ella has shades of Holly Hunter's intense, workaholic producer Jane from Brooks' 1987 masterpiece Broadcast News, the smartest person in any room who both exhausts and enchants everyone around her.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Any luxuries that can’t be purchased in Indonesia must be invented.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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Any extra luxuries of note, big or small?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Splurges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splurges. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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