spender
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You call yourself a spender, but maybe that’s really just in the sense of spending all that you have coming in, rather than profligate luxury spending.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has turned the company into a major spender on AI.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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
Burr’s reputation as a notorious womanizer or as a lavish spender who always managed to stay one step ahead of his creditors did not trouble Hamilton.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
"We see a lot of the traditional big R&D spenders -- pharma, cars, construction -- cutting back on their R&D spend", he noted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The idea is partly to reward existing top customers, but also to deepen relationships with people who could become much bigger spenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The biggest spenders are the digital, banking and energy sectors, according to civil society groups.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Once again they were big spenders, outlaying £349m on 11 signings such as Morgan Rogers, Maxence Lacroix and Emiliano Martinez.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
There have been poor and rich, noble and simple, spenders and makers, since the world began, and a King in France.
From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
