as in spendthrift
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
in the carefree environment of a vacation, even a person of modest means has the urge to play the high roller
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Recent Examples of high roller
Previously, this area was reserved for high rollers.
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Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2026
Trump and Netanyahu, two political high rollers, are seen as more of an odd couple than Roosevelt-Churchill or Clinton-Blair.
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Steve Hendrix,
Washington Post,
8 Mar. 2026
Canadians first began going to Las Vegas around the 1950s, hopping on air junkets organized by Las Vegas casinos to entice high rollers, Firestone said.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
Its proximity to Manhattan (a 50-minute jaunt aboard the Metro-North Railroad) gave high rollers a convenient suburban annex for their ball and chains.
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Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2026
Trump and Netanyahu, two political high rollers, are seen as more of an odd couple than Roosevelt-Churchill or Clinton-Blair.
—
Steve Hendrix,
Washington Post,
8 Mar. 2026
Canadians first began going to Las Vegas around the 1950s, hopping on air junkets organized by Las Vegas casinos to entice high rollers, Firestone said.
—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
Its proximity to Manhattan (a 50-minute jaunt aboard the Metro-North Railroad) gave high rollers a convenient suburban annex for their ball and chains.
—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for high roller
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high roller
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To be a valid spendthrift trust in Illinois, three factors must be met.
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The split screen of Bezos and his spendthrift wife, Lauren Sánchez, frolicking everywhere — including Paris Fashion Week — while the tech mogul defiles the crown jewel nurtured by Ben Bradlee and Kay Graham is sickening.
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Twenty-six James Bond films (the 25 Eon joints, plus the prodigal Never Say Never Again) are coming to Netflix this month.
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Secrets are revealed, prodigals return, intolerances surface and family bonds are tested.
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Delery ruminates on her wastrel youth.
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He was raised on Chicago’s North Side by a wastrel father and a mother who struggled to put food on their table.
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The form asks for the date and time of the watering, along with the waster’s address.
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The state Department of Environmental Protection is responding and will assist in the safe disposal of waster materials generated during the cleanup Morrisey said.
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Crucially, the premium push isn't crowding out lower-income spenders.
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The north London side have been hefty transfer spenders since completing the build of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2019, and such spending had caught up with their bank balance.
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“High roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20roller. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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