as in wastrels
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
the elderly woman refused to leave any money to the family's most notorious squanderer
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Noun
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Expect all the typical big-spenders to get involved here.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025 -
For the survey, Oxford Road polled 75 marketers on the buy side, including six of the top 10 spenders in podcasting.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Show me exactly how to reorganize my day to focus on growth drivers first, which of my tasks are secretly time-wasters dressed as important work, and how to say no to everything else.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The suspects allegedly used NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, and former NBA player Damon Jones, 49, to attract high rollers.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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It was taken in July 2022 at the Edgewood Tahoe Resort, during an annual tournament where high rollers at the property’s casino are rewarded for their questionable impulses by being paired on the course with celebrities.—
DAVID AMSDEN,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Squanderers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squanderers. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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