spending money

Example Sentences

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With our bills covered and savings automated, the guilt that usually follows spending money is finally gone.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

It was maybe the fifth time I had ever eaten at the Newport Beach-based fast-casual chain because the idea of spending money on pricey, whatever-tasting burritos was never my thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Since most of these jobs involved spending money or regulating business, rather than creating wealth, this decline is an economic boon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

"Instead of spending money on going out clothes, I'm just buying new fitness kit," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Besides, once she made up her mind to go, she enjoyed the planning almost as much as she enjoyed spending money.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg