as in cheap
costing little
I picked up a cheapo souvenir watch as gag gift
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Recent Examples of cheapo
Ellis is a valuable player on a cheapo contract for at least one more season, making just $2.3 million on the final year of his minimum deal.
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The attention to design detail translates into the software, which looks unique and is just plain fun to use—rare qualities in a cheapo device.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
The drive-in and cheapo exploitation producer who made American International Pictures a true-blue calling card for earthy delights gave many future giants of the movies their start.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
The key season here is 2026-27, when Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams would begin what are likely max or near-max extensions of their cheapo rookie deals, one year ahead of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s deal becoming a supermax whopper in 2027-28.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
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John Hollinger, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The attention to design detail translates into the software, which looks unique and is just plain fun to use—rare qualities in a cheapo device.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
The drive-in and cheapo exploitation producer who made American International Pictures a true-blue calling card for earthy delights gave many future giants of the movies their start.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
The key season here is 2026-27, when Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams would begin what are likely max or near-max extensions of their cheapo rookie deals, one year ahead of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s deal becoming a supermax whopper in 2027-28.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheapo
Adjective
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The reason all of this is happening, probably more than any other, is that clipping is cheap.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Surprisingly the most expensive hairpiece so far has been Attenborough’s, which Fortune reveals was a hybrid of a cheap £20 ($26) wig at the back combined with tens of man-hours knotting individual strands of hair onto a lace front to create the centenarian’s familiar pate.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Yes, and the research makes a solid case for trying inexpensive fixes first.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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This was also the most inexpensive mix out of the bunch, priced at just 60 cents at the local grocery store.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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The ten-course meal costs a hundred and forty dollars per person, which is not exactly sofa-cushion change but does feel reasonable given that such high-flying pastry is normally available only at the end of ultra-ritzy meals of considerably higher expense.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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Finding the perfect venue to have a ring, a backstage area, paying fees and setting a reasonable ticket price are all things that have to be considered.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Multiple studies in 2024–26 have ranked San Jose as the least affordable housing market in the United States, based on comparisons of home prices to local incomes.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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This move is a recognition of a basic reality, which is that affordable housing is only as good as the ability to fill it.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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“Cheapo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheapo. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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