as in costly
commanding a large price
expensive clothing that only the truly wealthy can afford
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Recent Examples of expensive
The Tidal Basin: The $113 million project — the most expensive NPS has ever designed — will replace 6,800 feet of sinking seawalls along the Tidal Basin and the Potomac and will add larger walkways.
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Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
Why low-income households would pay more The products that will get more expensive for these households include food, clothing, energy and electronics.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
The organization then uses these funds to offer mortgage loans to more people—conventional loans—, which are usually less expensive and require lower down payments.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Imposing higher tariffs on other nations, however, is likely to make many consumer goods more expensive at a time when many Americans’ fears of a pending recession are growing.
—Annette Choi, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
Why low-income households would pay more The products that will get more expensive for these households include food, clothing, energy and electronics.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
The organization then uses these funds to offer mortgage loans to more people—conventional loans—, which are usually less expensive and require lower down payments.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Imposing higher tariffs on other nations, however, is likely to make many consumer goods more expensive at a time when many Americans’ fears of a pending recession are growing.
—Annette Choi, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expensive
Adjective
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Broadway is a costly, heavily unionized business and stars like Washington and Clooney don’t like to get tied up in the same project for months, let alone years.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Both problems made an appearance in Saturday night’s costly 121-115 overtime loss to the Milwaukee Bucks at Kaseya Center.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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These shoes are so highly coveted and valuable that Sotheby’s hosted an auction to sell them.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Unbeknownst to them, one friend intends to rob the place, seeking a valuable antique.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Despite their premium sound quality and fresh styling, the new Axion are the Campfire Audio’s most accessible pair of earphones yet.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The ethos of the company is premium quality stories with compelling characters.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Actual samples of lunar regolith are rare and precious, and therefore simulants, which aim to replicate different types of regolith, are used for experiments instead.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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So to get to dig into that was something that felt really special and precious to me.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Princess Diana and then Prince Charles tied the knot in an extravagant ceremony on July 29, 1981.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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But now, their youngest is being encouraged by her fiancé's parents to have an extravagant wedding.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Expensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expensive. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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