spending money

Example Sentences

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I spent 49 years in tech, making money and spending money.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

"People are more cautious about spending money, so we're seeing tourism businesses react by cutting prices, improving their cafes. It's great that they've opened this up to the local people by making it free."

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Chief among the locals' complaints is that the tourists are not spending money in the area -- they simply show up, snap their selfies and leave.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

“This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

He had more spending money than most boys and he knew Julius Caesar backwards, forwards, and upside-down.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith