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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

A spendthrift trust “prevents your child from selling, borrowing against, or misusing their inheritance,” Cote says.

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

Mr. Tomony who owned the pawnshop came home in a hansom cab from his spendthrift evening in New York.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

Here’s what typically happens to spendthrifts who clear their debt.

From Washington Post Mar. 1, 2023

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

Imperious fools that we are: pitiful, glorious spendthrifts!

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur F. Wallis




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