chiefly British

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Recent Examples of cut-price The changes could therefore affect the options of those planning their vacations, especially those who have come to rely on Spirit's cut-price fares. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 Newcastle paid £20m for the Greece international, so selling him for a cut-price fee would have ramifications on their calculations for PSR. James McNicholas, New York Times, 29 July 2025 In a new effort to revive the program, aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, which has built 11 of NASA's 22 Mars spacecraft over the years, is proposing a cut-price, streamlined mission that would use a smaller lander, a smaller Mars ascent vehicle and a smaller Earth entry system. Andrew Jones, Space.com, 8 July 2025 In one sign that Tesla appears to be losing ground to cut-price Chinese brands, sales at China's SAIC zoomed up 54% in April, according to the ACEA figures. CBS News, 27 May 2025 Amazon is the dominant player on the continent, but Chinese players like fast-fashion led Shein and cut-price Temu have risen up the ranks very quickly. Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 Indeed, the group’s choice of India for its launch is likely a sign of its hopes that the cut-price Nothing (2a) model can encroach on Apple’s growing market share in the country. Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 5 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut-price
Adjective
  • With the shutdown, people who would've come in to shop are opting to stay home or do something cheaper, according to him.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2025
  • For decades, candy corn was thought of as a cheap, year-round candy all children could enjoy.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • By contrast, his drone fits in the palm of his hand, is made mostly from inexpensive hobby-grade materials and can operate in the dark.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
  • It is engineered to process inexpensive and abundant biomass sources, such as wood chips and various crop residues, into lower-carbon marine fuel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and gasoline.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His proposal would also establish a 10% housing exemption to all commercial properties and create an affordable housing exemption for large apartment buildings that Worrell says would lead to lower tax bills.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Developments that qualify for Live Local must be mixed-use, both residential and commercial, and have 40 percent of its residential units dedicated to affordable housing.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The state alleged that Amazon doesn’t go far enough to find reasonable accommodations for employees upon request and fails to consider whether a different accommodation or work location would be a match for an employee who is pregnant or has a disability.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Wisconsin law enforcement agencies may use a drone to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation from or at a place or location where an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy if a search warrant is obtained.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Cut-price.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut-price. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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