spending money

Example Sentences

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"Maybe some people see that working a lot of hours and not spending money doesn't look like fun - but the feeling behind it gives me respect for myself, and that makes me happy."

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Chief among the locals' complaints is that the tourists are not spending money in the area -- they simply show up, snap their selfies and leave.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Those people are spending money they likely would have spent in the city anyway, a principle economists call substitution.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

About those issues you have with spending money: The perils of buying furniture online are not exclusive to people who are difficult to please through no fault of their own.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

I’d been put in charge of the spending money, so I went up to pay.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro