shopping spree
noun
: a short period of time in which someone buys a lot of things
We went on a shopping spree.
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Reality check: Distributors likely won't be embarking on an indiscriminate shopping spree.
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Claire Rychlewski, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
In the Bay Area, Compass scooped up Pacific Union International, Alain Pinel Realtors, and the Paragon Real Estate Group, a shopping spree that gave them control of nearly a third of the local market.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Start your shopping spree at the Lagniappe Antique Mall, a sprawling 17,000-square-foot marketplace located next to Buck & Johnny's.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
Travelers, your final shopping spree of 2024 begins now.
—Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
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Claire Rychlewski, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
In the Bay Area, Compass scooped up Pacific Union International, Alain Pinel Realtors, and the Paragon Real Estate Group, a shopping spree that gave them control of nearly a third of the local market.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Start your shopping spree at the Lagniappe Antique Mall, a sprawling 17,000-square-foot marketplace located next to Buck & Johnny's.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
Travelers, your final shopping spree of 2024 begins now.
—Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Shopping spree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20spree. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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