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splurge

verb as in spend lavishly

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That explanation misses a crucial shift: middle- and high-income Americans are still splurging, just not on legacy labels.

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Shoppers in California plan to splurge this coming holiday season, but not because they are confident about the future.

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However pressing the need, in the final throes of the window, Newcastle are wary of overpaying given the knock-on effect such a splurge could have on the club's ability to strengthen in subsequent windows.

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We decided to forgo traditional nuptials in favor of a civil ceremony, splurging instead on an extended celebratory trip in Europe.

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We decide to splurge and get their vegan chocolate sundae.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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