as in spendthrifts
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
he's a spender and she's a tightwad, so naturally they quarrel about money a lot
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As the largest spenders on information technology, states around the world have the financial sway needed to enforce cybersecurity and nondiscrimination standards as well as to hold companies accountable for violating existing laws or being negligent in preventing data breaches.
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Marietje Schaake, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2024
Marietje Schaake, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Spenders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spenders. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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