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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as in indulgence
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Recent Examples of splurge
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
If someone urges you to splurge, smile, breathe, and pause.
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Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Fragrance used to be a splurge purchase reserved for the department store counter.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Verb
More than a quarter of the total audience splurged for premium large-format screenings that can carry steeper price tags.
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Alex Harring,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
If someone urges you to splurge, smile, breathe, and pause.
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Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
Noun
The flavors are fresh, clean, and familiar, and the dishes are colorful and delicious without being a splurge.
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Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Fragrance used to be a splurge purchase reserved for the department store counter.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splurge
Verb
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Every one of those calls consumes tokens and touches a system with its own permissions.
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Public health data has taught us that alcohol, which can be fine when consumed in moderation, can be harmful to individual and societal health in excessive amounts.
Noun
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But Rodriguez shared some new insights that undercut the common assumption in the factory/warehouse/logistics spaces that legs are an expensive indulgence.
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Crafted with better-for-you ingredients, Javvy's Instant Protein Coffee blend and viral Coffee Concentrate deliver guilt-free indulgence, offering craveable flavors without compromise.
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The Padres, meanwhile, have lost six straight and given up 66 runs over the last six days, the most in such a span in franchise history.
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But water also carries the potential for danger, and parents who have lost a child to drowning are begging families to use caution.
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The affair is set to be expensive fête typical of luxury celeb nuptials, however the couple donated $26 million to charity ahead of their big day.
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Miami is changing, with waterfront luxury and billionaire property purchases.
Verb
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During our time away, our neighbors visited with us at the hospital, looked after our house and came over daily to feed and spend time with our cat.
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American doctors are so conspicuously well-paid that a group of economic researchers spent years trying to figure out why.
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Shows of extravagance like these have not been met with kindness in a world torn by war, inflation, soaring gas prices and political unrest.
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Their biggest lottery-winner extravagance was hiring a private jet to Las Vegas to sit in the front row at an Eagles concert.
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In the finals, Israel faced an Australian team already exhausted after fending off South Korea, Japan and Rhodesia (itself in the Asian tournament after being banned in Africa over its white governing regime).
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For years, people have been frustrated and exhausted by the seemingly endless amount of swiping and small talk that go nowhere on dating apps.
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“Splurge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splurge. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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