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Adjective
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Remember that sitting still isn’t the most expensive move.—
Chad Willardson,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025 -
Some of the most expensive homes in the country are consistently those located in dense, vibrant prewar cities, a clear signal that there’s high demand for those amenities.—
Marina Bolotnikova,
Vox,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Now, what people are upset about, especially in the states, is ever since Obamacare, there's been this loophole that allows the states to actually charge providers an exorbitant amount to pay their share.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
29 June 2025
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As mentioned in the intro, there are many other bottles of 10-year-old bourbon to try, ranging from must-buy bargains to exorbitant splurges.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
29 June 2025
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The shortage is one reason people and businesses have fled as housing in popular cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles is unaffordable to the vast majority who want to live and work there.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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The state also had the nation's highest share of children with unaffordable medical bills (twice as much as Rhode Island, which had the lowest percentage).—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Prepare for the world’s biggest bounce house to be inflated in the Sacramento area this weekend.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Mar. 2025
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Its workers routinely inflated the results to scare their bosses.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Accuracy was inconsistent, results unstable, costs still prohibitive.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Gregg said there simply isn’t a large public meeting space in the district, at least not one without a prohibitive cost attached.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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The heavier the tax burden gets, the more the tax base erodes, and the less money becomes available for pricey programs.—
Luka Ladan,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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Pricing on TVs this large can get quite pricey (well above $2,000 for higher-end models).—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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The rapidly dropping cost of inference means that use cases that are uneconomic today may not be six to 12 months in the future.—
Jeffrey Hammond,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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High level indicators of risk include goods being received from unusually complex or apparently uneconomic supply routes, for example, regular supplies of UK produced goods that have been exported from the UK and then re-imported.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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In making arrests, the federal government allegedly went against both immigration laws and the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, the plaintiffs argue.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Medical device safety alert: issued in situations where a medical device may present an unreasonable risk of substantial harm.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
3 July 2025
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“Overpriced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpriced. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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