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or less commonly pricy
pricier; priciest
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Examples of pricey in a Sentence
The car is a little pricey.
a small boutique selling pricey women's clothing
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Save big on items that are normally pricey for good reason, like the Peter Thomas Roth 24K Gold Pure Luxury Lift & Firm Hydra-Gel Eye Patches (which contain real gold) and Monastery Rose Facial Cleansing Oil (made with 100 petals of Rose Bourbonia).
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Iman Balagam, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
Finally, the most comparatively pricey of these 27-inch FHD AIOs is the most potent, with this HP 27 model housing a 13th Gen Intel Core i7 mobile chip inside, albeit less memory and storage than the others.
—Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
But these masks can be pricey, costing anywhere from $100 to thousands of dollars, and similar but stronger treatments are available at spas and dermatologists’ offices.
—Erica Sweeney, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
While every organization would love to hire 20 Ph.D.s to design and deploy AI across the enterprise, the reality is that AI talent is scarce—and pricey.
—Matt Kimball, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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Iman Balagam, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
Finally, the most comparatively pricey of these 27-inch FHD AIOs is the most potent, with this HP 27 model housing a 13th Gen Intel Core i7 mobile chip inside, albeit less memory and storage than the others.
—Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
But these masks can be pricey, costing anywhere from $100 to thousands of dollars, and similar but stronger treatments are available at spas and dermatologists’ offices.
—Erica Sweeney, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
While every organization would love to hire 20 Ph.D.s to design and deploy AI across the enterprise, the reality is that AI talent is scarce—and pricey.
—Matt Kimball, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Pricey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pricey. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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