Not all who splash out on luxuries are truly well-off.
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When they did splash out for expensive signings, the gambles paid off.
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We like affordable clothes because it's a bit vulgar to splash out.
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Cosmopolitan urbanites tend to have plenty of spare cash to splash out travelling.
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As for a major fall splash-out, "nothing comes to mind," she said.
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The sink was shallow, which made water splash out while washing my hands.
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A brilliant splash out put him inches from the cup for another rescued par.
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Trump isn't the first politician to splash out in a big way on YouTube.
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Now, how much cash would you be willing to splash out on of these sweatshirts?
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Brides and grooms splash out on lavish ceremonies that demonstrate their devotion to each other.
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Britons have thus enjoyed unexpected windfalls big enough to splash out on holidays or cars.
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These sorts of figures have encouraged bosses to splash out on the likes of Mr Evans.
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For now, though, it looks like Buffett will continue to resist the urge to splash out.
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But for those who can afford to splash out, the delights of elephant dung and tonic await.
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If you want to splash out on just the one physical cosmic disco artefact, we've got your back.
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But remember: check your PC is ready for virtual reality before you splash out on a VR headset.
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While many can only afford scrap metal or reused material found at a junkyard, some others splash out.
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It is another thing to splash out billions on a passive stake in a publicly traded U.S. stock.
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We've rounded up the best Valentine's Day gifts to splash out on when you're buying for yours truly.
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A healthy economy and rising wages gave people the confidence to splash out on retailers' annual raft of bargains.
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Australians certainly seem confident enough to splash out on big ticket items, with new cars speeding off the lots.
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The extra cash, combined with an apparent rise in demand, induced steel companies to splash out on new capacity.
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But firms that scale back too far may damage future growth prospects, forcing them to splash out on acquisitions.
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Antibiotic-resistant superbug bacteria grow up hospital drains and can splash out into sinks and onto counters, researchers reported Friday.
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The largest single deal saw Walmart, an American retail giant, splash out $16bn for control of Flipkart, an online retailer.
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The beneficiaries of that spending would also splash out a bit, adding still more to economic activity, and so on.
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That said, an unusually warm summer in mid-2018 encouraged many to splash out on drinks and pub and restaurant visits.
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Instead, it provides corporate financing that producers can use to fund budgets, refinance debt or splash out on mergers and acquisitions.
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We think you should know: Either book an entry-level room or splash out for one of the top tier suites.
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Chinese consumers will be reluctant to splash out on an expensive Switch device if it won't have many games on it.
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More generally, consumers can splash out more on a wide range of discretionary purchases, creating jobs for personal trainers and tour guides.
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Beijing (CNN)Before her son was born, Chen Huijuan was happy to splash out on skincare products, clothing and socializing with friends.
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You might question whether you can really afford to splash out on two devices at once, but this deal should allay those fears.
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Japan plans to splash out $93bn over the next five years–an 29% rise over the past five years, and about $254bn annually.
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With the money I save on car payments, I can splash out a little on my bikes and gear and still save money.
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The energy that Neiman tended to splash out is contained inside of Generette's works, so that they vibrate with a barely-contained energy.
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On Tuesday, J Sainsbury vowed to splash out 4.73 billion pounds on cutting its carbon footprint to zero in the next 20 years.
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But if you're looking to splash out, $850 will buy you 150,000 followers — who are guaranteed to deliver up to 1,13 likes per post.
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Households did splash out more on tourism, transport, clothing, eating out and health in the December quarter, while cutting back on utilities and food.
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Should you want to splash out on one Van Donna's even more exclusive pieces, however, you will have to break the piggy bank even further.
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"I'll happily splash out on my dog," Li told Reuters as he walked his brown poodle Coco in Pingyang, a town on China's east coast.
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That said, in recent months an unusually warm summer and the soccer World Cup encouraged many to splash out on drinks and pub and restaurant visits.
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The two broadcasters have struck a deal to share content on each other's platforms, reducing the competition between them to splash out millions for exclusive rights.
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I make pretty good money for my age and job, but living alone is expensive, and I don't get to splash out like I'd really like to.
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Mecca's tourists splash out when they're in the city — the amount they spend per day is second only to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, according to the ranking.
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Charles is unfazed by Duverney's intel on the king's unwillingness to splash out on wars; much of the money is already raised, he tells a frustrated Jamie.
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That said, in recent months industry surveys have shown that an unusually warm summer encouraged many Britons to splash out on drinks and pub and restaurant visits.
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The trade war with the United States has caused a "marked general uncertainty among consumers" that makes them reluctant to splash out on new cars, VW said.
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To really splash out, book one of the spectacularly-themed accommodations such as the Adventureland, Big Thunder, Fairytale, Mickey Mouse Penthouse, or Pirates of the Caribbean suites.
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This membership offers up to 25% off at thousands of the UK's favourite chain and independent restaurants, meaning you can really splash out on your next date.
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When most kids turn 19, they seize the opportunity to splash out on a couple of bottles at the club, to go out for dinner with the fam.
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With inflation projected to stay well below 21.1 percent this year and next, the agreement also means in real terms that workers have more money to splash out.
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For example, Neymar's blockbuster move to Paris Saint-Germain last summer means that the club will splash out about $1.8m per week over the course of his contract.
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Warm weather boosted clothes sales and the pound's plunge tempted overseas buyers to splash out on luxury items such as watches and jewelry, official data showed on Thursday.
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While demand for oilfield services has been slowly picking up, oil majors are still loathe to splash out, prompting consolidation in an industry still recovering from the 2014 downturn.
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Surfonomics, pioneered by Chad Nelsen of the Surfrider Foundation, normally estimates waves' worth by surveying how much surfers splash out on food, drink and lodgings at a particular beach.
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If you're going to splash out on a tried and tested serum that is super-effective and that dermatologists swear by, the Skinceuticals C E Ferulic Serum is it.Pros:
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Consumers are hesitant to splash out on expensive kit when there isn't a lot to do with it; developers are reluctant to spend resources making games for a tiny market.
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But as wealthier parents splash out on ever more specialised programmes, it is getting harder for the less well-to-do to keep up in the summer-camp arms race.
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Or perhaps you'll splash out and take one of the many sleeper train services that are cropping up (we discuss why train travel is such a draw, particularly for artists).
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"The major cause is the bleak market outlook shared among the industry," he said, a far cry from the days of "land king" developers willing to splash out vast sums.
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Maybe you want your pad to look a little more elevated (and a lot more Snappable), but don't have the cash to splash out for an interior decorator, because who does?
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And it is more than a gift: it is a status symbol, demonstrating that even as a man approaches the expenses of married life, he can still splash out on a bauble.
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You have until 7:30 PM to keep pinging this service, seeing what seats have either gone unsold or been discarded by someone who decided to splash out for the Courtside Club.
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In addition, rather than splash out on costly advertising, it relied on word-of-mouth recommendations and short-lived online sales campaigns that deliberately kept supply scarce ("hunger marketing", in the jargon).
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Since Nike unveiled its streetwise design for the Nigeria's World Cup team kit three months ago, there has been a frenzy online from people eager to splash out $1963 for a shirt.
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If you want a Corsair One Pro with the latest GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Nvidia's fastest graphics card under $1,000) and 960GB of SSD storage, you'd need to splash out a cool $2,599.99.
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Mainland shoppers willing to splash out abroad, and wanting a more original high-end experience, prefer to go to Japan, Europe or even Macau, said Mariana Kou, an analyst at investment bank CLSA.
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At first, families tend to spend the extra money on appliances and other consumer goods, he explains, but as their incomes continue to grow, they begin to splash out on services, such as holidays.
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Unlike budget-conscious holidaymakers, who are willing to book a room in a stranger's home on Airbnb to save a few pounds, most businesspeople are travelling on expense accounts and happy to splash out.
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SYDNEY, March 3 (Reuters) - Australian new vehicle sales enjoyed another month of strong sales in February, a positive sign for economic growth as consumers remained confident enough to splash out on big-ticket items.
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It's possible that, having taken some sort of financial laxative, said CEO might actually be able to 'splash' out on a player, though we'll leave this toilet metaphor underdeveloped in the name of common decency.
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The retailer, which targets the domestic refurbishment market in Britain, often tracks the wider health of the housing market and can struggle when consumers decide not to move home or splash out on home improvements.
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SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A measure of Australian consumer confidence inched higher in December with respondents more willing to splash out on big ticket items, a promising omen for the all-important Christmas shopping period.
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Italo copied the tiered pricing system of airlines, where passengers can travel at rock-bottom prices if they book early and choose off-peak times, or splash out and have meals served to their seats.
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While I can&apost be sure how its service was before then, my experience was excellent in both classes — so much so that I don&apost understand why people would splash out on business class.
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But it also cautioned that German households on average spend less than a third of their income on consumer goods as a surge in property prices and rents meant people had less money to splash out.
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As advertising revenues plummeted, trade publications discovered that firms were more willing to splash out on a fun evening, some networking and the chance of glory than they were to buy an ad in a magazine.
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Lin Huaibin of IHS Markit, a research firm, points out that some firms now splash out on Western designers—witness the sleek SUVs which will grace the Shanghai motor show when it opens on April 21.5th.
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Now, the most populous nation on the planet wants to increase its influence by digging further into its pockets — flush with cash after decades of rapid growth — to splash out with its "One Belt, One Road" policy.
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LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - British retail sales unexpectedly fell on the month in August after shoppers bought less online than the month befor when major sales promotions encouraged them to splash out, official figures showed on Thursday.
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The deal, which sent Vanke shares 14 percent higher, comes as China developers splash out to try to beat a rise in land costs that has fueled concern among Beijing government officials that a bubble may be forming.
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Then again, MrSpeakers launched the $2,000 Ether 2 at the end of the year, and the design and performance of those headphones offers up a super compelling argument for why you should splash out on exotically priced headphones.
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SYDNEY, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Australian new vehicle sales recorded a third straight month of record sales in July, a hopeful sign for spending across the economy given consumers were confident enough to splash out on big ticket items.
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As a gamer reticent to splash out cash on games unless I am well and truly hyped for them, I noticed a lot of titles that had slipped through my net over the past five years or so.
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The best thing about Netflix's selection of stand-up specials is you don't need to splash out on expensive tickets or line up outside seedy comedy clubs to experience some of the funniest people the world has to offer.
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Founded in 1998, Curro, which runs schools and tertiary institutions in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia, has been growing at a lightning rate as parents frustrated with under-resourced, over-crowded state-run schools splash out on private education.
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The willingness to splash out on big-ticket items follows upbeat reports on retail sales for both April and May and points to a likely rebound in consumption for the second quarter after a muted start to the year.
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This year's election is expected to cost almost $210.2 billion, according to the Centre for Media Studies, as politicians splash out on everything from advertising to giant rallies, as well as gifts and transport across the nation of 21 billion.
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By the end of his second, as President Donald Trump took office, the rate had more than halved again, and earlier this year it dropped to the extremely low level of 2% as Americans started to splash out on luxuries again.
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SYDNEY, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A measure of Australia's consumer sentiment barely budged in January as pessimists continued to outnumber optimists even as people thought it was a good time to splash out on big-ticket items, a survey showed on Wednesday.
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This year's election is expected to cost almost $210.2 billion, according to the Centre for Media Studies, as politicians splash out on everything from advertising to giant rallies, as well as gifts and transport across the nation of 1.3 billion.
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However, the Dorchester can claim several wow factors and, if you want to splash out for Valentine's Day, there is an optional Dom Pérignon experience for two, which offers a bottle of 2006 Dom Pérignon Champagne and five courses for £590 - each.
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Apple still refuses to bundle a USB-C cable in with the iPhone, but there will now be third-party models available that are cheaper than Apple's own cable so you won't have to splash out too much if you want fast-charging.
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You might not have the francs to splash out on a room at the opulent, five-star Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois, but you should absolutely change into your least wrinkled outfit and head over to the hotel bar for a drink.
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With QVC, the latter scenario becomes reality, made even more ideal with a sweepstakes in which one lucky R29 reader will win a $1,000 gift card to splash out on brands such as IT Cosmetics, Tarte, Urban Decay, Tatcha, Dyson, and more.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will delay a decision to develop a new advanced fighter jet, four sources said, as military planners struggle to settle on a design and officials splash out on new U.S. equipment such as ballistic missile interceptors and F-22 stealth planes.
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London-based Sky has been at the center of a bidding war, which points to a bigger battle in the entertainment industry as media giants splash out tens of billions of dollars on deals to be able to compete with Netflix Inc and Amazon.
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London-based Sky has been at the center of a bidding war, which points to a bigger battle in the entertainment industry as media giants splash out tens of billions of dollars on deals to be able to compete with Netflix Inc and Amazon.
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And with an ever-expanding roster of products at our disposal (heat-protectant spray, overnight serums, and dry conditioners are some of the latest taking up space on our shelves), knowing when to splash out and when to head to the drugstore can be tricky.
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They like to draft and develop their own talent, but aren't uncompromising in that preference; they spend with the frequency of a mid-market team, but when they do make moves, they splash out the dollar figures of the rich club that they are.
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While I suspect most of us won't have almost a hundred grand to splash out for one of these, it's nice to know there are startup founders out there with solid exits who might be able to let us drool on one of these at the Creamery.
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For Sean, who bought a home in North Oakland a year ago (in a neighborhood "with not enough density to support any local businesses"), the way the Warriors play is enough to justify the occasional $60 or $70 splash-out on seats in the furthest reaches of Oracle.
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A remarkable paper by Shang-Jin Wei and Xiaobo Zhang shows that parents of sons in districts with high sex imbalances tend to save large amounts of money, fearing that they will have to splash out on houses, consumer goods and weddings if they are to snag a local girl.
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To give you an idea of how much it could roughly cost in total, a flight to Slovenia can cost anywhere between $280 and $500, while a typical budget for a week — including accommodation, food, and activities — could cost you up to $660 for the tightest pockets to around $1,100 for those who want to splash out a little more.
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