spendthrifts

plural of spendthrift
as in spenders
someone who carelessly spends money the spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year

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spenders
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  • Heavy discounting from the likes of Burberry and Gucci in the past has left them struggling to regain their status among high spenders.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Compared to some of the more extravagant spenders on The Forbes 400—such as Larry Ellison buying an entire Hawaiian island or Mark Zuckerberg taking over half of Palo Alto—Musk isn’t much into real estate these days.
    John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Spendthrifts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spendthrifts. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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