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Recent Examples of cheaply
The premiums charged were not actuarially determined, similar insurance options were available more cheaply on the open insurance market, the premiums were not negotiated at arm's length, and the taxpayer's operating business was motivated to pay higher premiums so as to realize greater deductions.
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Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
The Ravens annually seem to sign a veteran depth safety late in the offseason, and there are plenty of options who would probably come cheaply.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 7 May 2026
As a result, customers aren't faced with the limitations imposed by much more expensive systems or, at least, can supplement those systems cheaply.
—David Szondy
may 02, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
Propagating your own plants is a genius way to save money and bring more greenery into your space cheaply.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 2026
To some extent, the cool commercial logic of the fashion industry—which transforms beautiful, original works into cheaply reproducible goods, season after season—echoes that of Hollywood, which regularly cannibalizes and, yes, franchises its greatest successes.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Builders can’t build cheaply enough to generate the loan sizes that fall through the cracks of the mortgage system.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
But the fact that countries hold their wealth in United States dollars, which allows the United States government to borrow more cheaply, that’s a product of the system.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
Part of the reason is that people are buying cheaply made e-bikes online.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
The Ravens annually seem to sign a veteran depth safety late in the offseason, and there are plenty of options who would probably come cheaply.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 7 May 2026
As a result, customers aren't faced with the limitations imposed by much more expensive systems or, at least, can supplement those systems cheaply.
—David Szondy
may 02, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
Propagating your own plants is a genius way to save money and bring more greenery into your space cheaply.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 2026
To some extent, the cool commercial logic of the fashion industry—which transforms beautiful, original works into cheaply reproducible goods, season after season—echoes that of Hollywood, which regularly cannibalizes and, yes, franchises its greatest successes.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Builders can’t build cheaply enough to generate the loan sizes that fall through the cracks of the mortgage system.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
But the fact that countries hold their wealth in United States dollars, which allows the United States government to borrow more cheaply, that’s a product of the system.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
Part of the reason is that people are buying cheaply made e-bikes online.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheaply
Adverb
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To this new arena of few big, let alone original, hits; to a place where expensive corporatized storytelling could hold no candle to the quick-turn, inexpensively made short videos young people watched or the quick-turn, inexpensively made long podcasts older people listened to.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
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Second, California doesn’t build anything inexpensively and efficiently.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Information is sprung quickly and economically — her mother lives with a female partner; Diego acts troubled at school, forcing Lucila to look after him — but there’s little richness to this depiction of a fractured home.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Traditional carbon capture has struggled economically to scale, even with years of development and public support.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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Through indefatigable research, Kara fixes poorly remembered facts and makes a decent case that the publicity galvanized the movement to abolish British slavery a half century later.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Just avoid natural stone materials like marble, which can react poorly to many cleaning products.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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In addition to the 65-foot pool, there's a small pool at the top-deck Horizon Lounge, which was only sparingly used during my trip but likely will see more guests as the season heats up.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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The school did, after all, have a new $72 million building and was using the distant Merle Reskin only sparingly.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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The family lived frugally, Ferguson said, since Good’s partner sold a company and didn’t work as Good attended graduate school online.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Perdue has lived a double life—having access to immense privilege and money from two business empires, while holding down a regular job and living frugally.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Cheaply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheaply. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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