: an unrestrained indulgence in or outburst of an activity
a buying spree
also
: a drunken revel : binge
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Examples of spree in a Sentence
went on a spending spree
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Management is getting more stressful Many companies have undergone rapid transformations since 2020, including dealing with mass turnover and hiring sprees, adjusting to remote and hybrid work, restructuring teams, adding responsibilities to jobs and facing budget cuts.
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
One-third of CPS schools are more than half empty yet the CPS board — a vassal of CTU — has increased salaries and benefits by nearly 50% since 2019, going on a 9,000-staffer hiring spree even as 37,000 more students left the system.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
A lot of organizations have experienced massive turnover and hiring sprees after 2020, with 73 percent of employees saying their workplace had gone through a version of disruptive change in the last year.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
This spending spree led to an overhang of rubles in the market, effectively increasing the supply of rubles on foreign exchange markets.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
One-third of CPS schools are more than half empty yet the CPS board — a vassal of CTU — has increased salaries and benefits by nearly 50% since 2019, going on a 9,000-staffer hiring spree even as 37,000 more students left the system.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
A lot of organizations have experienced massive turnover and hiring sprees after 2020, with 73 percent of employees saying their workplace had gone through a version of disruptive change in the last year.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
This spending spree led to an overhang of rubles in the market, effectively increasing the supply of rubles on foreign exchange markets.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Spree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spree. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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spree
noun
: an outburst of activity
a buying spree
Geographical Definition
Spree
geographical name
ˈshprā 
ˈsprā
river 247 miles (397 kilometers) long in eastern Germany flowing north into the Havel River
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