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verb

present tense third-person singular of splurge
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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noun

plural of splurge
as in indulgences

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Recent Examples of splurges
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
  1. consumes
  2. indulgences
  3. loses
  4. extravagances
  5. exhausts
  6. luxuries
Verb
  • Memory maintenance consumes computing resources, and excessive information can overwhelm future sessions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In this conception of macroeconomics, the economy consists of a massive input-output table where every cell in the matrix is a sector that consumes other cells’ outputs and provides inputs to other producers.
    — Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of consumes
Noun
  • The approach encourages people to make nutritious food choices about 80% of the time while allowing flexibility for indulgences the remaining 20%.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The spa There are treatment rooms for a variety of massages, facials, and indulgences based on Wei Qi, a concept rooted in traditional Chinese medicine that boosts the body’s defenses.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of indulgences
Verb
  • But if the aircraft also loses access to reliable navigation data, the situation can become considerably more complicated.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Blood sugar can rise again, particularly if someone regains weight or their pancreas loses more of its ability to produce insulin.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of loses
Noun
  • In 20 years’ time, one of the extravagances in these pages may be as commonplace as the smartphone is now.
    — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The beachside Kayuputi restaurant is easily one of the island’s best, offering extravagances like wagyu beef carpaccio and Sturia caviar.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of extravagances
Verb
  • That pretty much exhausts the points of agreement between the pro- and anti-Proposition 40 camps.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of occupying both sides with large cooling vents, air enters toward the front of the station and exhausts through the rear.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of exhausts
Noun
  • Built in 1926, the four-bedroom home has been updated with modern luxuries.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Even Halloween candy isn’t immune to the affordability crisis, making one of America’s little luxuries just a little more painful ahead of this holiday weekend.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
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