as in cheap
costing little
a dirt cheap little house that was the proverbial fixer-upper
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Recent Examples of dirt cheap
In Vermont, back-to-the-landers bought old hill farms for dirt cheap.
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Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
The highlights include a 98-inch 4K TCL TV that's more than $1,000 off, a DuroMax generator that's about half its usual price, and Blink security cameras being dirt cheap.
—Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
What autonomous car makers really want is a dirt cheap and utterly reliable sensor that complements radar and video cameras.
—Mark Harris, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2016
The problem is the licenses have become a money loser and single tickets are dirt cheap.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2016
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Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
The highlights include a 98-inch 4K TCL TV that's more than $1,000 off, a DuroMax generator that's about half its usual price, and Blink security cameras being dirt cheap.
—Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
What autonomous car makers really want is a dirt cheap and utterly reliable sensor that complements radar and video cameras.
—Mark Harris, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2016
The problem is the licenses have become a money loser and single tickets are dirt cheap.
—San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirt cheap
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Take the quiz here … SHELL GAME — America's cheapest popcorn shrimp basket at a chain restaurant costs under $9.—
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FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Sweeney says beginners should start with a trusty can of spray paint, an orbital sander and some cheap hardware.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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In a debate for the Democratic nomination for the Senate in Iowa this month, one of the moderators, Erin Murphy, asked the candidates, Josh Turek and Zach Wahls, both state legislators, a reasonable, if downbeat, question.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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The tuition payments may be a gift presented without strings, but there are still plenty of reasonable expectations that come with a college education.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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Former Sacramento City Councilmember Katie Valenzuela said she was disappointed that the city was targeting a relatively inexpensive part of local government.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
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Make your furry friend an inexpensive toy.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
18 May 2026
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Multiple studies in 2024–26 have ranked San Jose as the least affordable housing market in the United States, based on comparisons of home prices to local incomes.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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This move is a recognition of a basic reality, which is that affordable housing is only as good as the ability to fill it.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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This is especially important for low-income communities and others who rely heavily on the shot for contraception.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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Not since Oakland Hills in 2008 — Jeev Milkha Singh and Robert Karlsson at 2-under 68 — has the low score to par after the first round of the PGA Championship been worse than 3 under.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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For those patrons who cannot come to the main branch to browse its shelves, the library loads approximately 1,200 of its most popular books, CDs and DVDs onto its bookmobile.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The first and third items in this indictment are indisputable; the second is a complicated and qualified matter; and the last two are libels, still part of popular legend no matter how often disproved by serious biography.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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“Dirt cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirt%20cheap. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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