as in to splurge
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Recent Examples of overspend
That scenario is fictional, conjured up to mask the fact that Newsom and legislators have been overspending revenues for three years, ever since the governor erroneously declared that the state had an almost $100 billion surplus — long before fires hit Los Angeles and Trump was inaugurated.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
One of the budget-busting items is not entirely related to the general problem of the City Council and the mayor simply overspending, overpaying employees and failing to plan for a rainy day.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
The low-cost and short time of development shocked global markets, sparking concerns that U.S. tech giants were overspending on infrastructure and wiping billions of dollars of value of major U.S. tech stocks like AI stalwart Nvidia.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Under pressure from CEOs and CFOs, CMOs are often under-invested in marketing-specific tech while their companies overspend on general-purpose data infrastructure like data warehouses.
—Christian Monberg, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
One of the budget-busting items is not entirely related to the general problem of the City Council and the mayor simply overspending, overpaying employees and failing to plan for a rainy day.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
The low-cost and short time of development shocked global markets, sparking concerns that U.S. tech giants were overspending on infrastructure and wiping billions of dollars of value of major U.S. tech stocks like AI stalwart Nvidia.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Under pressure from CEOs and CFOs, CMOs are often under-invested in marketing-specific tech while their companies overspend on general-purpose data infrastructure like data warehouses.
—Christian Monberg, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspend
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Next, slice into a 15-day dry-aged pork chop with Moroccan spices and summer vegetables (or splurge on steak frites with an eight-ounce Australian wagyu sirloin for $15 extra), and finish with refreshing lemon-blueberry cheesecake with pistachio ice cream.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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However, this update likely saved them from having to splurge on a second reliever.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Soliman spent about four years at Cincinnati Children's, first arriving in the United States in 2014 after being persecuted in his native Egypt for work in support of freelance journalists.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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Pyne spent 15 seasons there as a firefighter, some of them living in an old cabin built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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Good Culture took advantage of its own viral moment with an ad campaign embracing the various ways of preparing and consuming its product.—
Danielle Wiener-Bronner,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
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And each switch requires the brain to reorient itself, which consumes mental energy and slows overall performance, Dr. Schiff explains.—
Noma Nazish,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Often the weekly allotment is depleted after just one or two days.—
Scott Maucione,
NPR,
17 July 2025
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Those inventories will be depleted in about one to two months, estimates Jake Schurmeier, a portfolio manager at Harbor Capital, who previously worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
17 July 2025
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The current budget increases funding, but at a rate less then inflation, further impoverishing our schools.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
20 July 2025
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This is the opportunity to seek a lasting agreement that benefits both Iranians and the world, one that includes the majority of Iranians who reject a regime that steals their resources, isolates their country, and impoverishes them.—
Roya Boroumand,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Ferrell, who contended that their father wanted to be cremated, ultimately agreed to a settlement, reportedly after exhausting nearly $100,000 in legal fees and running out of funds to continue the fight.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
23 July 2025
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The goal is to exhaust the activist organization’s resources and force them to shut down.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The Vietnam War was lost after squandering more than $1 trillion in current dollars, and suffering more than 55,000 American military deaths, millions of Vietnamese casualties, the My Lai massacre, napalm girl and countless other atrocities.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
24 July 2025
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Yet most people squander this visibility on meaningless job titles.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Update your profile headline to include your target client Your LinkedIn headline is so important and most people waste on job titles.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Whole departments can get stuck defending past decisions because admitting a mistake feels worse than wasting more money.—
JJ Rosen,
The Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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“Overspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspend. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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