spendy

adjective

ˈspen-dē How to pronounce spendy (audio)
Definition of spendynext
chiefly Northwest
as in expensive
commanding a large price Seattle is generally credited with transforming coffee from a workaday drink to a trendy and spendy beverage

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Recent Examples of spendy Meta has for some time been on a spendy AI hiring spree in a bid to grab the best talent on the market and address what CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes are lackluster results. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025 When my grocery and laundry weeks line up, that’s always spendy, plus getting a birthday gift. — R29 Team, Refinery29, 5 Sep. 2025 Rodgers’s onetime home is among the most expensive listings currently available in Connecticut outside of the famously spendy town of Greenwich. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 July 2025 At $37, the roll is pretty spendy, considering the scant lobster on the bun. — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for spendy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spendy
  1. expensive
  2. valuable
  3. costly
Adjective
  • His proficiency, buoyed by his expensive taste and skill in daisy-chaining images together, got his foot in the door of the indie-rap revitalization.
    — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Without more batteries, Illinois will be even more reliant on dirty, expensive electricity imports from other states and more likely to delay the natural gas power plant closures it’s planned for years to clean the air.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of expensive
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  • The channel needed to retain its biggest names to keep the channel valuable to cable and satellite TV providers who pay to carry it.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The bull case for the world’s most valuable company and the bull case for the build-out are now essentially the same case, and Morgan Stanley’s North America Insight, led by Nicholas Lentini, makes both.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of valuable
Adjective
  • The Georgia quarterback threw two interceptions for the first time as the Bulldogs’ starter and had a costly late fumble that set up Auburn’s game-winning field goal.
    — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • While very effective, this can be a very costly enterprise, especially in colder weather.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of costly

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“Spendy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spendy. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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