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verb

Definition of splurgenext
as in to consume
informal to spend more money than usual on something for yourself You should let yourself splurge once in a while.

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noun

as in indulgence

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Recent Examples of splurge
Verb
For this story, Jessie scoured the Hill House Home new arrivals for fall finds worthy of splurging on this season. — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2026 Alienware Area-51 Gaming Desktop Labor Day Deal Really feel like splurging post-Labor Day? — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
That willingness to pay for something that feels worth the splurge extends beyond a fashionable handbag. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 Knowing which grocery items are worth the splurge and which to skip can help with managing your grocery budget more wisely. — Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for splurge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splurge
  1. consume
  2. indulgence
  3. lose
  4. luxury
  5. spend
  6. extravagance
  7. exhaust
Verb
  • That means an e-reader can display a page for hours while consuming essentially no display power between updates.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • According to a new report on eating patterns in America by market research company Circana, nearly half of US adults are actively trying to consume more protein, from bars to whey powder to chicken breasts night after night.
    — Emily Laurence Sardinha, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of consume
Noun
  • The show only exists because McConaughey and Harrelson decided to make it, and whatever passion, knowledge, grit, and hustle was needed to turn a celebrity indulgence into scripted entertainment is undetectable in the final product.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, a financial therapist and host of the Mind Money Balance podcast, explained that such indulgences can offer a predictable moment of control when so much else feels uncertain.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of indulgence
Verb
  • What’s made this franchise so beloved has been its willingness to go on that journey with its young characters, maturing and deepening and changing without losing that initial childlike sense of hope and joy.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This means, according to the team, that only about 2% of the electrical charge was lost to competing reactions.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of lose
Noun
  • Private Blend, in luxury, generates about 60 percent of the brand’s turnover, with Signature, in prestige, making the remaining 40 percent.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The standard issue concierge, luxury transfers and same day dry cleaning are on offer, but there are no gym or wellness facilities.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of luxury
Verb
  • And 84% of fans who track players, pundits or creators spent on sport last year, compared with 43% of those who track none.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Davis and Young combined for 31 points in 17 minutes largely, if not entirely, spent on the floor together.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of spend
Noun
  • The beachside Kayuputi restaurant is easily one of the island’s best, offering extravagances like wagyu beef carpaccio and Sturia caviar.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Fernández hoped that seeing the extravagance of a pre-conquest world and hearing the poetic nature of the Nahuatl language helps to empower Latinos to feel pride in and learn more about their culture.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of extravagance
Verb
  • Unsurprisingly, Chinese researchers have predicted that the main urban pension fund covering some 500 million urban workers, retirees, and cadres will be exhausted by the mid-2030s.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In June, the NCAA ruled the class of 2022 had exhausted their eligibility.
    — PJ Green October 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of exhaust

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“Splurge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splurge. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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