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For years, Miami operated on the cheap, believing the oodles of high school talent in South Florida would come play for it regardless of the coach, facilities or record of the team on the field.
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Manny Navarro, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
Indie filmmakers can make the daring projects a studio never would and do so on the cheap.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Comedies used to be the preferred genre of movies that could be made on the cheap without stars but with profitable results; now that role has gone to horror movies.
—Phil Stark, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
View gallery - 7 images VW added a mild refresh to the Jetta to update its looks a bit, but has otherwise not messed with the car’s basic formula of getting you there on the cheap.
—New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
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Manny Navarro, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
Indie filmmakers can make the daring projects a studio never would and do so on the cheap.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
Comedies used to be the preferred genre of movies that could be made on the cheap without stars but with profitable results; now that role has gone to horror movies.
—Phil Stark, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025
View gallery - 7 images VW added a mild refresh to the Jetta to update its looks a bit, but has otherwise not messed with the car’s basic formula of getting you there on the cheap.
—New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
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“On the cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20cheap. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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