as in to splurge
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Recent Examples of overspend
So, Maryland is overspent by over 10% and Mohler can fully explain that .2%.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2025
Instead of overspending in free agency or drafting a quarterback to save the franchise by Week One, the Giants have made moves that appear appropriate to change the organization's narrative.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
During an era when the new rules of the 2023 collective bargaining agreement penalize and restrict teams that overspend, the Thunder payroll ranks just 25th out of 30 franchises, per Spotrac.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Leave them open If there are no high fees or temptations to overspend, keeping old accounts open can help improve your credit score.
—Christina Majaski, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2025
Instead of overspending in free agency or drafting a quarterback to save the franchise by Week One, the Giants have made moves that appear appropriate to change the organization's narrative.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
During an era when the new rules of the 2023 collective bargaining agreement penalize and restrict teams that overspend, the Thunder payroll ranks just 25th out of 30 franchises, per Spotrac.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Leave them open If there are no high fees or temptations to overspend, keeping old accounts open can help improve your credit score.
—Christina Majaski, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspend
Verb
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This Connecticut community college student couldn’t afford to regularly splurge on lottery tickets.—
Daniella Segura,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Instead, try using small bags or containers to portion high-calorie snacks you may be tempted to splurge on.9 8.—
Megan Nunn,
Verywell Health,
3 June 2025
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After spending close to $300 million to return Trump to the White House, Musk was poised to have a major role in the administration and be in position to push through regulatory changes in ways that benefited his companies.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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The actor-writer-director, who is 31 and uses they/she pronouns, has spent the last decade or so as a niche internet presence, going viral periodically on Twitter (and then X) and TikTok with satirical front-facing videos and bone-dry one-liners.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
Verb
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For example, in 2024, China supplied 70 percent of all lithium-ion batteries consumed in the U.S.—
Elena Bou,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Soy is a common allergen, and thus the undeclared ingredient could pose a risk to those with a soy allergy who consume the product.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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The impact of the estate tax could deplete 40% of the assets subject to tax at her death.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The early colonists didn’t deplete this plentiful stock much, if at all.—
Benjamin Cassidy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
Verb
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But were you really impoverished by buying from Costco?—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Republicans have floated industry-destroying ideas like taxing college and university scholarships as income, which would instantaneously blow up thousands of budgets in higher education and impoverish millions of students.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The visa expired in February 2023, but Soliman has not exhausted legal efforts to remain in the U.S., according to NBC.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
3 June 2025
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The object could be a white dwarf—an Earth-sized husk that remains after a star has exhausted its nuclear fuel.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Miami squandered the opportunity to take an early lead, leaving three base runners stranded in the top of the second inning.—
Cameron Priester,
Sun Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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Boston also squandered a prime scoring opportunity in the bottom of the sixth, loading the bases against Angels lefty Reid Detmers before coming away empty handed.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2025
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Miami wasted another opportunity to cut into the Cardinals’ lead in the seventh, stranding another pair of runners on base after striking and grounding out with one out.—
Cameron Priester,
Sun Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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One in 4 children under age 5 is stunted, and 8 percent are wasted, with limited access to treatment, according to UNICEF.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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“Overspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspend. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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