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Adjective
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Your daily cup of joe could get even more expensive under new U.S. tariffs on dozens of countries around the world.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025 -
Vaccines are among the most successful tools in public health’s arsenal, preventing debilitating illnesses and lowering the need for expensive medical care.—
DEVI SHASTRI,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That won’t stop our trade partners from making these exorbitant numbers real, however, when many inevitably respond with matching tariff hikes in return.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Suddenly, advertisements start spewing from Amanda’s mouth that disrupt her life and threaten her job—and can only be stopped with an exorbitant upgrade from Rivermind Common to Rivermind Plus.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The data suggests that childcare in itself is just unaffordable for most people.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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These costs are going to be passed on to the buyer who is already struggling with one of the most unaffordable markets for housing in modern history.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Prepare for the world’s biggest bounce house to be inflated in the Sacramento area this weekend.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Mar. 2025
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Its workers routinely inflated the results to scare their bosses.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Batteries make any home more independent from the grid, but here’s the catch: The cost can be prohibitive.—
Andrew Carpenter,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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Even if those calculations favor a heat pump, the upfront cost of switching can be prohibitive.—
Rachel Nuwer,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Presumably, a portion of the tariffs is likely to be passed on to consumers, making these vehicles more pricey.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
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Builder sentiment is dropping as everything from lumber to appliances is expected to grow pricier.—
Jasmine Cui,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 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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The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.—
Seung-Whan Choi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Overpriced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpriced. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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