as in expensive
commanding a large price
Seattle is generally credited with transforming coffee from a workaday drink to a trendy and spendy beverage
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Recent Examples of spendy
Rodgers’s onetime home is among the most expensive listings currently available in Connecticut outside of the famously spendy town of Greenwich.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 July 2025
At $37, the roll is pretty spendy, considering the scant lobster on the bun.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 7 July 2025
For a less spendy sleep solution, this $85 pillow from Coop Home Goods is a favorite among multiple staffers and is backed by more than 46,000 Amazon five-star reviews.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 13 June 2025
Many brunch recipes call for eggs, which are still hovering on the spendy side.
—Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 July 2025
At $37, the roll is pretty spendy, considering the scant lobster on the bun.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 7 July 2025
For a less spendy sleep solution, this $85 pillow from Coop Home Goods is a favorite among multiple staffers and is backed by more than 46,000 Amazon five-star reviews.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 13 June 2025
Many brunch recipes call for eggs, which are still hovering on the spendy side.
—Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spendy
Adjective
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Despite being strapped financially, Ruben gets addicted to the expensive process of injections, falling for a number of venomous right-wing podcasts about claiming one’s manhood.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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Fuel surcharges will also rise — as shipping companies aim to pass along higher costs to their customers, ultimately making goods more expensive.—
Cathy Bussewitz,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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While rainfall runs off quickly and can more readily evaporate from soil, snowpack serves as a valuable and lasting source of moisture and accounts for a majority of water supplies across the region, as much as 80 percent in some areas.—
Mira Rojanasakul,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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This pattern encodes valuable information.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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And don’t forget wildfires that are worsened by heat and drought, so recent extremes should include 2025’s Palisades and Eaton wildfires, which were the costliest weather disaster in the United States last year, said Climate Central meteorologist and economist Adam Smith.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Such terms are not unusual and can help insurance companies weather costly disasters.—
Scott Pham,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Spendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spendy. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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