spending money

Example Sentences

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As the price of fuel and essentials stays high, it seems people are getting pickier about spending money on a day out.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Those people are spending money they likely would have spent in the city anyway, a principle economists call substitution.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 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

In some cases, OpenAI critics have said certain financing arrangements are circular in nature, with the company’s partners providing funding and the company spending money on computing with that partner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

I’d been put in charge of the spending money, so I went up to pay.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro