splurge

Example Sentences

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Her sculpture park, titled “sister dreamer lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles,” opens with a block party Saturday on the corner of Western Avenue and 76th Street.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

For years, global investors have waited for the Chinese consumer to return in force — to shop, to splurge and to rescue multinational earnings.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

But it stands to reason that the more money spent on things like food, power and healthcare, the less there is to splurge elsewhere.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Here are four places where the splurge is part of the point.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

“He said she was always impulsive like that, and she always loved movies. She grew up watching everything in black and white, because their mother refused to splurge on a color TV.”

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day