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Lazio are famously frugal under president Claudio Lotito, and much was made of how his Inter teams were put together on the cheap, with players like Andre Onana, Marcus Thuram, Stefan de Vrij, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Hakan Calhanoglu all arriving at different stages on free transfers.
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James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
The loophole that once allowed American consumers to buy goods from China and Hong Kong on the cheap is closing on Friday, May 2, which means that Temu shoppers will now be subject to new tariffs.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
By traditional means of valuing stocks, Jim said Apple’s forward price-to-earnings ratio of around 23 times, according to FactSet, is on the cheap side compared with its five-year average multiple of 30 times.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
This is filmmaking as leap of faith: Nouvelle Vague may seem glowingly modest, but unlike Breathless, it couldn’t be made on the cheap.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 May 2025
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James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025
The loophole that once allowed American consumers to buy goods from China and Hong Kong on the cheap is closing on Friday, May 2, which means that Temu shoppers will now be subject to new tariffs.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
By traditional means of valuing stocks, Jim said Apple’s forward price-to-earnings ratio of around 23 times, according to FactSet, is on the cheap side compared with its five-year average multiple of 30 times.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
This is filmmaking as leap of faith: Nouvelle Vague may seem glowingly modest, but unlike Breathless, it couldn’t be made on the cheap.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 May 2025
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“On the cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20cheap. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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