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spender

[spen-der] / ˈspɛn dər /




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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has turned the company into a major spender on AI.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Sam Altman says OpenAI’s top token spender uses 100 billion tokens a month — and is not even the world’s leader.

From MarketWatch Jun. 4, 2026

Bloomfield has been a big spender in recent school board election cycles.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

Estonia in 2025 was the fourth-highest spender on defense as a share of its GDP among the alliance’s 32 allies, behind its close neighbors Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Enough to cover the cost of the drinks plus tip—not too much, but enough to look like a big spender.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

SpaceX’s results come on the heels of a strong run of earnings reports from big AI spenders or hyperscalers, including Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Moyes, 63, has spoken of the challenge of keeping up with the biggest spenders in the Premier League, with Everton ranking 15th of the current top-flight teams for net spend over the past five years.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Just ask the woeful New York Mets, MLB’s second-biggest spenders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

A growing sense of fatigue with the artificial intelligence trade and the related arms race is prompting one strategist to advise that investors stick with the so-called picks and shovels rather than the spenders.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

In former prosperous years the planters have been lavish spenders of money, ever ready to use their credit to the full extent, until their interest account has consumed their principal.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou




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