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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
  • Every unnecessary review consumes attention that could have been directed toward a patient or facility with genuine risk.
    — Arpan Saxena, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • With such scrupulousness, Parton’s estate seemed primed to avoid the kind of posthumous infighting and chaos that so often consumes these institutions.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of consumes
Noun
  • Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, a financial therapist and host of the Mind Money Balance podcast, explained that such indulgences can offer a predictable moment of control when so much else feels uncertain.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Summer is a great time to revisit juicy, fresh, or sweet gourmands, but as the weather cools down, we’re reminded of more nuanced indulgences.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of indulgences
Verb
  • What Wells-Wonsley most wanted to know—as any parent who loses a child under a cloud of uncertainty would—was how her son died.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Success loses some of its shine when your private world is absorbing all the strain.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of loses
Noun
  • With fewer domestic discoveries, high import tariffs and fragmented markets that curtailed economies of scale in production, such extravagances were unavailable to Europeans, who became accustomed to smaller, more efficient cars.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Plus, this figure is the minimum needed—not counting any extra life extravagances like the annual family holiday, private school, or a bigger home.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of extravagances
Verb
  • If a bureaucratic process exhausts whatever time a citizen has available, then benefits are lost or rights are denied.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
  • That’s because even ordinary winds – and far worse, storms and earthquakes – cause tall buildings to sway, which ruins people’s concentration, wrecks their mood, and even exhausts them.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
Definition of exhausts
Noun
  • Many residents were able to buy solar panels, household generators, satellite internet service, and other theretofore unobtainable luxuries.
    — Belén Fernández, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • One of the most conspicuous luxuries there now is a Steinway piano.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
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