How to Use on the cheap in a Sentence

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  • There was a time when these cars could be bought on the cheap.
    Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Liam said this is something that can be done on the cheap, too.
    Mason Leib, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Plus, there are not many above-the-rim players available on the cheap.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The Steelers, as a result, were able to sign him on the cheap.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Best of all, there are endless places to pick up an old-fashioned floral piece on the cheap.
    Jermaine Gallacher, Vogue, 21 June 2023
  • Prices start at $4, so this is a solid way to add some new games to your library on the cheap.
    WIRED, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Events on the cheap Here are some must-see sites that will make your bank account happy.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Ditch that sluggish laptop and upgrade to a desktop on the cheap.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Read on for TVs, speakers, cameras, and more tech on the cheap.
    K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Get ready to level up your tech game on the cheap with today’s Amazon deals.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Google managed it on the cheap, which is how the founders and early investors made so much money.
    Rich Karlgaard, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Last week’s oil-price drop has set us up to buy some top-flight energy dividends on the cheap.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The near halving in stock price might have investors wondering, is now the time to scoop up shares on the cheap?
    David Trainer, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Air Travel Our best strategies for getting more space on the cheap.
    Nina Swanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Jan. 2022
  • If it can be plugged in or runs on batteries, there’s one easy option to recycle it on the cheap.
    Laura Daily, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Think early John Waters movies, made on the cheap and dripping in bad taste.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Ingram has missed a fair share of games this year due to injury which is why Detroit would land him on the cheap here.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • This way, customers aren’t left with the bad option of buying run-down homes a company picked up on the cheap.
    Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Indie filmmakers can make the daring projects a studio never would and do so on the cheap.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Indie filmmakers can make the daring projects a studio never would and do so on the cheap.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
  • But if people want to fly on the cheap, September will offer their best shot at doing so.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Gear up with today’s Amazon deals and upgrade your outdated tech on the cheap.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Losing almost every other free agent adds to the sting, even if they were rather smartly replaced on the cheap.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The scant few bawdy comedies that have reached theaters in the post-Hangover era, meanwhile, were made on the cheap.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 23 June 2023
  • For years, the place to get money on the cheap has been Japan, where interest rates have held steadily at or near zero.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Copy shops arrive across the United States, along with their services for mass-printing pages on the cheap.
    Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 5 June 2024
  • And those with hefty money fund accounts can pick up shares on the cheap, noted asset manager Frank.
    Larry Light, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Brentford have arguably upgraded the position and managed to do it on the cheap.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And just as important, a Boeing that tries to do its job on the cheap isn’t a Boeing worth having.
    Gautam Mukunda, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Yes, you can get started on the cheap with Optery Core, but in the pricing realm, Incogni edges out a win.
    PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2025

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