as in to splurge
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Recent Examples of overspend
Resist the temptation to overspend on marketing and operational overhead.
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Joseph Edgar, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Those are the outliers because, generally speaking, Bucs general manager Jason Licht prefers to retain the team’s own free agents rather than overspend for mostly older and overpriced ones.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo, who wrote the memo, warned that the city is now overspending by about $300 million during the current fiscal year.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
However, many companies still get this equation wrong, overspending on traditional brand campaigns while neglecting the actual product experience.
—Amit Ashkenazi, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Joseph Edgar, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Those are the outliers because, generally speaking, Bucs general manager Jason Licht prefers to retain the team’s own free agents rather than overspend for mostly older and overpriced ones.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo, who wrote the memo, warned that the city is now overspending by about $300 million during the current fiscal year.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
However, many companies still get this equation wrong, overspending on traditional brand campaigns while neglecting the actual product experience.
—Amit Ashkenazi, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overspend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overspend
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This e-gift card will give them an excuse to splurge on this designer’s ultra-chic offerings.—
StyleCaster,
StyleCaster,
8 Apr. 2025
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And at Spa La Quinta, splurge on the Citrus Escape body treatment, a sugar scrub followed by a Vichy shower and topped off with a massage.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Consumers have been optimizing their spending for years, Thomas said, by making smart decisions to have the ability to still spend, particularly on discretionary items.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Ripp is originally a linebacker but spent parts of last year playing edge.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Apr. 2025
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Early in his career, Ben Lively’s emotions consumed him.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Melissa tells Shauna that, after learning about adult Natalie’s death on the grounds of Lottie’s doomed cult, she became consumed with guilt and paranoia; after all, her own wife doesn’t know that Melissa knew her mother, let alone probably witnessed her death.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Mar. 2025
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Groundwater—another key water source—is still depleted from years of overuse and will take longer to recover.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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But not until he's been completely and utterly depleted.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 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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They will be exhausted after Grandma wrangling for 4 hours.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Their lineup has not exhausted opposing pitching staffs for a full series in a manner that has been their trademark for years.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Just like the Twins, the Mets squandered chances to score.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Lue scoffed at the notion that he should be concerned because his team almost squandered Friday’s game.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The protests specifically targeted the rapid downsizing and cuts to waste in the federal government.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Apr. 2025
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But while the fine dining scene is flourishing, the everyday staples still tell a story of hardship, frugality, and a desire to waste nothing.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Overspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspend. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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