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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

“With a spendthrift trust, creditors and lawsuits cannot access the funds, and your child cannot demand early payouts. Instead, the trustee manages distributions based on your specified terms.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 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

That she's a spendthrift and loves to gamble and entertain with extravagant parties.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

How can I persuade my parents not to be spendthrifts on our dime?

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021

For many spendthrifts, these platforms are not a mentally safe space.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021

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

It turned the culprits into spendthrifts and pleasure-seekers; their arrogance and deficiency of culture, and their ostentation, became especially offensive to their own fellow-citizens.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag


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