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as in cheap
costing little
opted for a cut-rate insurance policy because we didn't need anything more
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as in inferior
of low quality
a cut-rate motel that looked like the kind at which people in horror movies always end up
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Recent Examples of cut-rate
The changes are seismic for the airline, which for years was known for its cut-rate one-size-fits-all approach.
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Jordan Parker,
San Antonio Express-News,
29 Jan. 2026
Trump wants to add a second story to the White House, feasting on its transformation from hallowed hall to cut-rate wedding cake.
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Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Jan. 2026
Some investors doubt Tesla has found a unique path to cut-rate robotaxis.
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Chris Kirkham,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
What’s more, cut-rate financing and subsidized lease deals are generally limited only to those having stellar credit ratings and qualifying incomes.
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Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes,
14 Oct. 2024
Jordan Parker,
San Antonio Express-News,
29 Jan. 2026
Trump wants to add a second story to the White House, feasting on its transformation from hallowed hall to cut-rate wedding cake.
—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Jan. 2026
Some investors doubt Tesla has found a unique path to cut-rate robotaxis.
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Chris Kirkham,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
What’s more, cut-rate financing and subsidized lease deals are generally limited only to those having stellar credit ratings and qualifying incomes.
—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes,
14 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut-rate
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Microchips are relatively cheap and are required for every pet in Los Angeles County over 4 months old.
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Prove Your Claims With Evidence In a market flooded with AI capabilities, claims are cheap, and every launch sounds the same.
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More broadly, the idea that White players are inherently inferior no longer matches reality.
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This is because Austria would have remained on three points but with an inferior goal difference to Iran in the third-place standings (minus one to zero).
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This technology is operational, scalable, inexpensive and evolving faster than most security institutions can adapt.
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Other items in the store run from the inexpensive — like $5 collectible stickers and magnets — to the more lavish, such as official FIFA soccer balls for $200 and miniature replicas of the World Cup trophy for $250.
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Because of that, these hands suffer from high production costs, poor durability against impacts, short operational lifespans, and there are no existing solutions that engineers can readily draw upon, Wang added.
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The extreme heat can also affect people who are physically ill, especially those with heart disease or high blood pressure, or who take certain medications, such as for depression, insomnia, or poor circulation.
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Part of what’s at work is a reasonable desire to give a party with more than its share of grizzled congressional veterans a jolt of youthful energy.
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This week prosecutors need only demonstrate that there are reasonable grounds to believe Robinson killed Kirk.
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Thank you to everyone who read or contributed to this column over the years, who reached out to me with story ideas or tips, or complimented my terrible artwork.
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Visitors will see his Rough Riders uniform; the 1884 diary grieving his terrible loss; and the eyeglasses case, speech and shirt from the 1912 assassination attempt against him.
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People love Dinnerly meal kit deliveries because the brand offers affordable, easy-to-cook meals that fit any budget.
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But in the early 2020s, affordable, yet still sophisticated, Chinese cars—particularly electric vehicles—began to win over Chinese drivers.
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But Reddick shouldn’t yet be counted out because his recent downturn is more due to rotten luck than substandard performance.
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Unashamed about its unoriginality, the movie debuted in May last year to a 'rotten' rating by critics and audiences alike on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
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“Cut-rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut-rate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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