high-rolling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-rolling
Adjective
  • Federal decision-makers will determine what is wasteful spending and what is worth paying for.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • While the Space Force has supporters on both sides of the political aisle, the Pentagon regularly falls under bipartisan criticism for wasteful spending.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Galle’s father worked for Marie Antoinette, but the French Revolution unsurprisingly had a major impact on the aristocratic market for spendthrift furnishings like this.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
  • Those could have been used to constrain distributions to or for the benefit of the spendthrift child.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • Princess Diana and then Prince Charles tied the knot in an extravagant ceremony on July 29, 1981.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But now, their youngest is being encouraged by her fiancé's parents to have an extravagant wedding.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • According to his lawyers, Person’s financial troubles owed to a combination of profligate spending and giving, five-figure monthly alimony payments to an ex-wife, bad investments and the scourge of high-interest loans.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Illinois politicians, as a class, are known for many things: corruption, high taxes, profligate spending and heavy regulation.
    Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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“High-rolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-rolling. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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