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Yes, you can get started on the cheap with Optery Core, but in the pricing realm, Incogni edges out a win.
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PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
Consider this buying on the cheap — Peralta posted a .710 OPS after returning to shortstop to finish 2010 (while the Tigers finished well out of the playoff race), then rebounded to make two All-Star teams in the next three seasons with the Tigers (though that included a sizable PED suspension).
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
Tottenham had offered to trigger Gibbs-White’s £60million release clause and, in today’s market, that would have meant getting him on the cheap.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Meanwhile, there’s a whole generation of deer hunters, inspired by the likes of The Hunting Public and Whitetail Adrenaline, who dream of hitting the road to chase big bucks out of state, on the cheap.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2025
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PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025
Consider this buying on the cheap — Peralta posted a .710 OPS after returning to shortstop to finish 2010 (while the Tigers finished well out of the playoff race), then rebounded to make two All-Star teams in the next three seasons with the Tigers (though that included a sizable PED suspension).
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
Tottenham had offered to trigger Gibbs-White’s £60million release clause and, in today’s market, that would have meant getting him on the cheap.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Meanwhile, there’s a whole generation of deer hunters, inspired by the likes of The Hunting Public and Whitetail Adrenaline, who dream of hitting the road to chase big bucks out of state, on the cheap.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2025
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“On the cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20cheap. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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