splurge

The splurge in venture capital spending has been driven by the artificial intelligence boom, highlighted by OpenAI closing a record-breaking $122-billion funding round on March 31 at an $852-billion valuation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Some people make it out of a childhood of poverty, or manage to avoid disaster after a prolonged splurge or a poor investment decision, and some people don’t.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

But lately the comparison I make in my head is less often fancy sauce versus Ragu than grocery-store splurge versus going out.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

If you are an avid photographer and videographer—aka a doting parent—willing to splurge for better camera performance, you’d only really consider the Pro models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“He said she was always impulsive like that, and she always loved movies. She grew up watching everything in black and white, because their mother refused to splurge on a color TV.”

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

When the topic of splurges has come up with other alumni, the most commonly cited item has been an espresso machine, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

A lack of updating, rising mall rents and splurges on new businesses weakened its business until it declared bankruptcy in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Marcel Thieliant at Capital Economics added that he did not expect Takaichi to embark on any new major spending splurges or tax cuts.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

A relative who hosts huge dinners for her extended family splurges the next day: hiring a housekeeper to come and going out to get a mani-pedi, 10-minute back and neck massage.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

No, it wa’n’t either of them festive splurges she had in mind.

From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Sewell Ford

Then, in 2017, the pop star splurged on an adjacent townhouse, paying $18 million for the three-story mansion measuring 5,000 square feet.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

The giant wad of cash splurged on all this would choke an elephant.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

He had splurged and gotten his nails done, and they looked fantastic, which I was sure to compliment him on.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

But this offseason, they splurged nearly $365 million on free agents—more than any other team, according to the salary tracking site Spotrac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Five weeks before Brooke arrived, on her seventh day on Martha’s Vineyard, Jule splurged and took a tourist bus around the island.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

They’re splurging on computer hardware and espresso machines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The first few glimpses at the economy in the third quarter appear to show Americans scaling back after splurging in the spring.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Baby boomers collectively have more wealth than any other living generation, and they are splurging on travel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

In Scottish terms, Rangers' American owners have spent colossal money, splurging tens of millions on the creation of a team, and an environment, that can win a league and do something in Europe.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The difference is that one will be splurging and then play on a public course while the other will not blink at the price and tee off at a private country club.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times