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Six example sentences with prodigal, each labelled with its topic.
The prodigal heir burned through the trust in four years, buying cars and villas until the accountants simply stopped calling.
Finance
The studio was prodigal with the budget, building an entire village that appears in exactly ninety seconds of the film.
Movies
The novel follows a prodigal younger son who spends his inheritance on parties and returns home with nothing but debts.
Literature
The founders were prodigal with their first round, renting a glass tower before they had a single paying customer.
Startups
Critics called the mayor prodigal for spending the whole road budget on one bridge with decorative lights.
Politics
A prodigal government that spends every boom year leaves nothing for the lean years that always follow.
Economics
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- Barron's 333 GRE High-Frequency Words
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE Words
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)
- Magoosh GRE 1000
- PrepScholar 357 GRE Words
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)
- PowerScore GRE Repeat Offenders (699)
- GregMat 960 GRE Words
- MajorTests SAT 1000
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