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Recent Examples of cheaply
Distillation involves training less capable models on more advanced ones’ output, and can be used illicitly to acquire powerful capabilities cheaply.
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Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 Feb. 2026
The wealthy will wind up with beachfront condos and the native Palestinians will be allocated to cheaply built slums far from the coastline.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
Another worry is that if AI succeeds in creating tools to do complicated tasks more cheaply, companies in industries as far flung as software and legal services and trucking logistics could see their businesses get undercut.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Her hair was the wrong blonde, her Birkin deflated, her coat cheaply fitted.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
As a result, the country has myriad barely profitable companies that make their goods very cheaply.
—Justin Worland, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
Cash4Gold, a trader that usually relied on cheaply made direct response commercials, in 2009 made a Super Bowl ad that used celebrity pitchman Ed McMahon and rapper MC Hammer.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
Eating on a Budget In many cases, eating cheaply in Japan doesn’t mean sacrificing quality.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Installing solar panels with battery storage at businesses and homes can boost available electricity more quickly and cheaply than building a new full-size power plant.
—Nikki Luke, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 24 Feb. 2026
The wealthy will wind up with beachfront condos and the native Palestinians will be allocated to cheaply built slums far from the coastline.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
Another worry is that if AI succeeds in creating tools to do complicated tasks more cheaply, companies in industries as far flung as software and legal services and trucking logistics could see their businesses get undercut.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Her hair was the wrong blonde, her Birkin deflated, her coat cheaply fitted.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
As a result, the country has myriad barely profitable companies that make their goods very cheaply.
—Justin Worland, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
Cash4Gold, a trader that usually relied on cheaply made direct response commercials, in 2009 made a Super Bowl ad that used celebrity pitchman Ed McMahon and rapper MC Hammer.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Feb. 2026
Eating on a Budget In many cases, eating cheaply in Japan doesn’t mean sacrificing quality.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Installing solar panels with battery storage at businesses and homes can boost available electricity more quickly and cheaply than building a new full-size power plant.
—Nikki Luke, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheaply
Adverb
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To this new arena of few big, let alone original, hits; to a place where expensive corporatized storytelling could hold no candle to the quick-turn, inexpensively made short videos young people watched or the quick-turn, inexpensively made long podcasts older people listened to.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
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Second, California doesn’t build anything inexpensively and efficiently.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Milne Elementary School, where 96% of students are economically disadvantaged, has seen jumps in its Texas A-F accountability grades.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Merz, on his first trip to China since taking office last May, has championed building a stronger Europe both economically and militarily to assert itself in the shifting new world order.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Many Republican officeholders in the Reaganite mold opposed them, and economists from both parties warned that they were poorly designed to reduce the overall trade deficit.—
David Pozen,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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While studies have since recognized the phenomenon in humans — in a part of the hippocampus called the dentate gyrus — evidence has been mixed and the process poorly understood.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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Water the seeds sparingly and loosely cover the pot or container with plastic wrap or a dome.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Medal of Honor is our nation’s highest military honor, which is awarded sparingly.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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The family lived frugally, Ferguson said, since Good’s partner sold a company and didn’t work as Good attended graduate school online.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Perdue has lived a double life—having access to immense privilege and money from two business empires, while holding down a regular job and living frugally.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Cheaply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheaply. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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