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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpriced
Adjective
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Beyond that, it’s only used less than an ounce at a time, and there’s so much else going on here, this is not the time to use your expensive and rare wild agave mezcal.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
1 Feb. 2025 -
Price structure: Harry & David's least expensive bouquet is $50, and its most expensive is $335 (a necklace included).—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In doing so, motorists bypass National Road No. 2, where gangs make money charging exorbitant fees to trucks and buses — or by taking travelers hostage and demanding hefty ransoms.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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Instead of trying to create larger and larger models that require increasingly exorbitant amounts of computing resources, AI companies are now focusing more on developing advanced capabilities, like reasoning.—
Will Knight,
WIRED,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Coupled with low wages, housing became unaffordable.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Deepening disparities, increasing NIMBYism Housing has become increasingly unaffordable across the US, with the pandemic and subsequent burst in inflation making matters even worse.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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This number has been slightly inflated to include preview screenings.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
29 Dec. 2024
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These disks, 5 millimeters in diameter and 265 microns thick, were then placed over an inflatable membrane, inflated like a balloon to form a dome, magnetized, and returned to their original flat state.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Plus, sequencing and storage costs were too prohibitive to consider WGS in the early days of genetic test development, according to Dr. Michael Berger, MSK's chief of pathology and laboratory medicine, who also codirects the molecular oncology center with Solit.—
Alexis Kayser,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Stigma, prohibitive costs, and scheduling conflicts create a substantial gap between those who need help and those who receive it.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Yes, these headphones are pricey, but the sound quality, noise-canceling power, and beautiful design can't be beaten.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
29 Jan. 2025
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User-friendly and not too complicated Sleek and small Not too pricey Some Best Buy reviewers report syncing issues While some of the best fitness trackers today are basically mini-computers on your wrists, there’s also something to be said for more basic options.—
Jennifer Heimlich,
SELF,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The results have been a large increase in energy costs for households and industry, driven by levies to subsidise uneconomic generation, and rising volatility in electricity markets accompanied by a higher risk of power outages in future.—
Gordon Hughes,
National Review,
13 May 2024
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Car-makers have warned that U.K. electric-vehicle manufacturing may become uneconomic under the existing U.K.-EU trade deal, which from 2024 requires 45% of the value of EVs to come from the U.K. or EU to avoid tariffs.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
2 June 2023
Adjective
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Reddit Reacts Reddit users supported OP, pointing out the unreasonable nature of the neighbor's behavior.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Supreme Court weighed Monday whether courts should examine everything that happened during the traffic stop or just the split seconds when the officer feared for his safety in deciding whether the officer can be tried for unreasonable force.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Overpriced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpriced. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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