as in spendthrift
someone who spends money freely or foolishly a wastrel who had the dubious distinction of being the drunken fritterer of one of the largest fortunes ever amassed in America
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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.—
Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2026
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That is all the more reason the state must get a better handle on its spendthrift ways.— The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
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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
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Soon, Canadian tourists and snowbirds joined the high rollers.— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
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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.— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
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Secrets are revealed, prodigals return, intolerances surface and family bonds are tested.— Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
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Delery ruminates on her wastrel youth.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
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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.— Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
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Start with your biggest time waster and build from there.— Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.— PCMAG, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
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But as a frequent convention attendee (and spender), the heart of merchandise at SacAnime is in the artist alley.— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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Some estimates show that China was among the lowest research spenders worldwide in 1980.— Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Fritterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/fritterer. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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