as in expensive
commanding a large price
a specialty store selling high-ticket goods to a well-heeled clientele
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Recent Examples of high-ticket
Sure, some high-ticket items may have gone back to their original prices, but there are still plenty of home, fashion, bedding, cleaning, gardening, and organizational items on sale that are still worth adding to your cart.
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Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 June 2026
This is especially true for high-ticket businesses, where deals often range from $5,000 to $30,000 or more.
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Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2026
The city’s push for a fee on high-ticket real estate transactions has been met with resistance on Beacon Hill, where prior petitions sent up by the mayor have died.
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Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Instead of turning to their Bilt cards for more high-ticket items to reach the minimum spend, though, a lot of users just paid their rent and bought four individual bananas.
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Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
Instead of the oil-baron excess of Dallas or the leather-and-chrome bravado of contemporary money dramas like Billions, Carter favors seductively austere minimalism and high-ticket abstract art.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
The retailer’s selective approach and substantial array of high-ticket items may help maintain trust with consumers.
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Star Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
Another high-ticket item was a Helen Yarmark fur coat at $12,800 that Houston chose for a 2010 outing.
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Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 June 2026
This is especially true for high-ticket businesses, where deals often range from $5,000 to $30,000 or more.
—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2026
The city’s push for a fee on high-ticket real estate transactions has been met with resistance on Beacon Hill, where prior petitions sent up by the mayor have died.
—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
Instead of turning to their Bilt cards for more high-ticket items to reach the minimum spend, though, a lot of users just paid their rent and bought four individual bananas.
—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
Instead of the oil-baron excess of Dallas or the leather-and-chrome bravado of contemporary money dramas like Billions, Carter favors seductively austere minimalism and high-ticket abstract art.
—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
The retailer’s selective approach and substantial array of high-ticket items may help maintain trust with consumers.
—
Star Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
Another high-ticket item was a Helen Yarmark fur coat at $12,800 that Houston chose for a 2010 outing.
—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-ticket
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But for Cubans like himself, who don’t have family in the United States, the service is so expensive as to be out of reach.
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But after a series of expensive hurricanes — Katrina, Sandy, Harvey — the National Flood Insurance Program went into debt.
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As artificial intelligence transforms the job market and rising living costs squeeze family budgets, the University of California system is making the case that its degrees remain valuable investments.
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Those types of players are still enormously valuable because many of their skills are always valuable.
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Being right eventually is not always enough because time is costly.
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The attacks have inflicted lasting damage that will be costly to fix.
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Airlines are increasingly focusing on premium passengers, which could lead to higher airfares for all travelers.
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Congress also allowed federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans to expire this year, meaning that households earning more than 400% of the federal poverty level no longer qualify for premium subsidies.
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“High-ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-ticket. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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