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spendthrift

[spend-thrift] / ˈspɛndˌθrɪft /


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Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni said Thursday that the results offer the “latest evidence that consumers have continued their spendthrift ways.”

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

Some courts may be less willing to extend trust protections in such cases, though courts do not routinely pierce spendthrift protections simply because the underlying conduct of a beneficiary was wrongful.

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 2026

No one today any longer wishes to hear jokes about nagging mothers-in-law, spendthrift wives or old jalopies, and the men and women who once told them to hardy plaudits are now forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Trusts also allow you to put restrictions on how money is spent, which can be important if your heir is a minor child, a spendthrift or someone reliant on public benefits.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 29, 2024

Because she fell for words like fresh-picked and vine-ripened, our mother was defined as a spendthrift.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

I will uphold his wishes, but if I outlive him and there’s no agreement in place, I would likely give little to nothing to his children because they are irresponsible spendthrifts.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

Clearing her throat, she started to read aloud: “Workers earn it, spendthrifts burn it, bankers lend it.”

From New York Times Jan. 8, 2019

The reason massive stars are such spendthrifts is that, as we saw above, the rate of fusion depends very strongly on the star’s core temperature.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016

Rich spendthrifts, who spend every dollar they have in the present, will wind up paying taxes on their total income, as per usual.

From Washington Post Sep. 21, 2011

Sully ordered the parliaments to warn spendthrifts, to punish them and place them under guardianship.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm




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