1
as in to spend
to use up carelessly
squandered all her money gambling in casinos
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as in to disperse
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart
a single blast of the shotgun squandered the herd of deer
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Recent Examples of squander
The Royals also squandered chances in the fourth and sixth innings.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
Illinois squandered a nine-point second-half lead and lost in overtime to end a 12-game winning streak.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Duke rival North Carolina squandered a 19-point lead in the second half to lose a first-round game against VCU.
—Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
The Dodgers squandered the effort with a lack of offense, in their first loss of the season.
—Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
Illinois squandered a nine-point second-half lead and lost in overtime to end a 12-game winning streak.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Duke rival North Carolina squandered a 19-point lead in the second half to lose a first-round game against VCU.
—Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
The Dodgers squandered the effort with a lack of offense, in their first loss of the season.
—Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squander
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Factor in a tax multiplier for those who repeatedly spend past the salary cap, and payroll expenses can include hundreds of millions in taxes.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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How in the world had my mother, a young Black woman and the eldest of four, raised by two parents who had never finished high school in a segregated town in southwestern Louisiana, spent a summer in Europe in the 1960s?—
Shayla Martin,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Apr. 2026
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Unlike oil, which flows through pipelines and centralized infrastructure, gold production in southern Venezuela is dispersed across hundreds of small sites accessible only by river, dirt tracks or airstrips.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Additional works from the collection will be dispersed across a day sale and an online auction, all sourced from Goodman’s family and excluding artists currently represented by the gallery.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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With three games left, the Nets are losing ground on the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings in the race for the best odds, even as individual players keep stacking auditions that matter to their futures, whether that’s in Brooklyn or elsewhere.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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One day after they were pounded 14-2 in this World Series rematch, the Blue Jays extended their losing streak to six games.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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He’s wired to keep a day from being wasted.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Usually, when a player is on a minutes restriction (following injury — as was the case with Chawinga), a team will keep that player on the pitch through halftime, so as not to waste one of its three allotted substitution windows per match.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Squander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squander. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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