as in expensive
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpriced
Adjective
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The Charlotte Observer found that all of CLT Airport’s parking lots are more expensive than all but one of the off-airport sites.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2025 -
And these days many would-be renters end up as buyers because the rental market in NYC is still so competitive and expensive.—
Frederick Peters,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Incomes here are higher than the state average, but not exorbitant.—
Andrew DePietro,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Park City just didn’t have enough movie theaters, and lodging prices had become exorbitant.—
Nicole Sperling,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While renting remains cheaper than buying across the U.S., monthly payments are still unaffordable for many.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Childcare was already unaffordable, and providers were already barely scraping by, even before the latest fires.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 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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Torrey Pines is aiming for its seventh straight Open Division title and is a prohibitive favorite.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Another report in 2022 found that most Americans, overall, see the benefits of higher education but are concerned about high tuition and student debt — 83% said college costs are prohibitive to low-income students.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Staging Isn’t Cheap (But Neither Are Price Cuts) Properly done, staging can be pricey.—
John Walkup,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Tory Burch’s Spring Event Ends Soon Designer accessories are pretty…pricey.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
28 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 6 Apr. 2025.
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