as in excessive
going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount
the cost of our stay was so exorbitant you would have thought that we had bought the hotel and not just spent a few nights there
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Recent Examples of exorbitant
Over several years, businesses across much of Arizona, but mostly in Phoenix, reaped huge Medicaid reimbursements by enrolling Native Americans in their programs and billing the state’s American Indian Health Program at exorbitant rates for services, like counseling sessions.
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Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 2 May 2025
There are also steep financial repercussions for the franchise's exorbitant payroll in recent years.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Local markets offer only small amounts of vegetables at exorbitant prices.
—Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Many have their products made overseas and can’t afford to pay what are now exorbitant taxes, wrought by Trump.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2025
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Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 2 May 2025
There are also steep financial repercussions for the franchise's exorbitant payroll in recent years.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Local markets offer only small amounts of vegetables at exorbitant prices.
—Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Many have their products made overseas and can’t afford to pay what are now exorbitant taxes, wrought by Trump.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorbitant
Adjective
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As a Millennial what’s your take on Gen Z’s excessive use of exclamation points?—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
9 June 2025
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These messages often include cluttered formatting, excessive explanations and an increasing number of typos or design errors.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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People who are staying with family members without a lease agreement, or who have inherited property informally, have long struggled to get federal help rebuilding after extreme weather, despite the fact that such families are less likely to have home insurance.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
5 June 2025
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As shocking and extreme as this season was, all paths led here.—
Jennifer Adams,
StyleCaster,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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In contrast, late adopters face higher opportunity costs, slower innovation cycles, and steeper learning curves.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Eight years ago, Hurricane Harvey barreled in off the Gulf of Mexico and lingered, pouring four days of rain over the city of Houston. Unlike North Carolina's steep mountains, Houston is low, barely rising above sea level.—
Laura Sullivan,
NPR,
8 June 2025
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An extravagant estate long owned by the late Orange County Air Force major general turned homebuilder and civic leader William Lyon has roared onto the market in Southern California.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
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Arnault confessed to intense curiosity about how Anderson will interpret the legacy of Dior, whose founder ignited postwar Paris with his extravagant, full-skirted New Look and whose brief career ended with his death in 1957.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
2 June 2025
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Amanda learned in like 10 seconds, which is insane.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
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The emu egg—a two pound, eight-inch ovoid with a sultry teal shell gently speckled in pale green—seemed like just the right absurdist final flourish for an already insane endeavor.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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