as in consuming
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 splurging
Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Best Camping Gear Deals During Labor Day, consider splurging on a new tent, like the Coleman 6-person Instant Tent, now over $50 off, or a new sleeping bag, like the Soulout 4-season Sleeping Bag that’s on sale for $32 thanks to an onsite coupon.
—Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Consider splurging on helpful tools like vegetable choppers, air fryers, and new cookware to make cooking feel less like a chore.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The duo discovered that Stoner’s business team had mismanaged finances, splurging on lavish gifts.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
In splurging on Harbaugh, Dean and John Spanos surely also ceded him more power.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Best Camping Gear Deals During Labor Day, consider splurging on a new tent, like the Coleman 6-person Instant Tent, now over $50 off, or a new sleeping bag, like the Soulout 4-season Sleeping Bag that’s on sale for $32 thanks to an onsite coupon.
—Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Consider splurging on helpful tools like vegetable choppers, air fryers, and new cookware to make cooking feel less like a chore.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The duo discovered that Stoner’s business team had mismanaged finances, splurging on lavish gifts.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splurging
Verb
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The North Korean government is increasingly executing civilians, including people found to be consuming unapproved foreign media, according to a report from the United Nations Human Rights Office.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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But some nutrition scientists warn that thanks to social media trends, many people may be consuming too much protein.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Reinforce Change Management With Staged Rollouts As with any outage, Pennsylvania’s 911 failure highlighted how uncontrolled changes—whether in hardware, software or configurations—can disrupt critical systems.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Baxdrostat, an experimental medicine made by AstraZeneca, showed promise in treating people with uncontrolled or resistant high blood pressure in a recent trial.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The 74-year-old François Bayrou resigns on Tuesday after choosing to gamble his political survival on a confidence vote a day earlier—and losing it by a huge margin.—
Cole Stangler,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Since then, Cracker Barrel has become a cookie-cutter corporate chain, steadily losing its Southern flavor.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The charges of reckless endangerment of children are because Reed is accused of firing a gun in a parking lot where children were present, North Richland Hills police spokesperson Carissa Katekaru said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur, in contrast, cut one of the most open — stroke reckless — teams the Premier League has encountered, with different intensity levels entirely, shown above.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even after spending £420m, Liverpool are arguably a little light in a couple of areas.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Enyedi shifts between the three storylines at will, sometimes spending several minutes in one only to cut to another for a few seconds and then over to the third.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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What to expect Vaughn said the boutique has something for everyone with dress sizes ranging from zero to 28 and a variety of styles from short and simple to long and extravagant.—
Emma George-Griffin,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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As the dust settles on another chaotic summer of extravagant Premier League spending, there’s time to take a step back.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For more than a century, the region has been caught in a thrilling but exhausting economic romance.—
Reid Rasner,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With today’s gluttonous demand for energy, nuclear is a realistic concept.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
24 July 2025
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Wimpy was a mild-mannered, soft-spoken, lazy, parsimonious, and utterly gluttonous hamburger-wolfing straight man to Popeye.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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“Splurging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splurging. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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