spendthrift
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A special-needs trust or spendthrift trust can also distribute funds based on need, including medical bills.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni said Thursday that the results offer the “latest evidence that consumers have continued their spendthrift ways.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
No one today any longer wishes to hear jokes about nagging mothers-in-law, spendthrift wives or old jalopies, and the men and women who once told them to hardy plaudits are now forgotten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Trusts also allow you to put restrictions on how money is spent, which can be important if your heir is a minor child, a spendthrift or someone reliant on public benefits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024
That she's a spendthrift and loves to gamble and entertain with extravagant parties.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
I will uphold his wishes, but if I outlive him and there’s no agreement in place, I would likely give little to nothing to his children because they are irresponsible spendthrifts.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
Two curmudgeonly old rivals, reclusive spendthrifts, are marching toward a showdown that a lot of people really wish wasn’t happening.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Sacrifice sheer consumer quantity in favor of quality spendthrifts?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2022
I heard my generation was full of squanderers and spendthrifts, but this really does take the avocado.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2018
Literary men are sad spendthrifts, not only of their money, but of themselves.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
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