as in cheap
costing little
a dirt cheap little house that was the proverbial fixer-upper
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Recent Examples of dirt cheap
Miami Herald stories on Schandler’s method of using court judgments and, possibly, people bidding under phony names to snag the condos dirt cheap got the Bar reopening the investigation.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
The Bronx’s fire-prone tenements were dirt cheap, yet wealthy investors in several countries held stakes in them.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
And by removing battery and infrastructure constraints, devices could be made both tiny and dirt cheap.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2016
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
The Bronx’s fire-prone tenements were dirt cheap, yet wealthy investors in several countries held stakes in them.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
And by removing battery and infrastructure constraints, devices could be made both tiny and dirt cheap.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Jan. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirt cheap
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Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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It’s been used to import cheap foreign labor at the expense of Americans.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The commission tabled the item to provide more time for Experience Fayetteville staff to evaluate the worth of the property, the house's annual expenses, a reasonable market-rate rent range and the total cost of repairs to the property paid for by Experience Fayetteville.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
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The federal law requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for workers with disabilities unless doing so would cause undue hardship.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
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Which inexpensive movies will emerge as Movies Fantasy League bargains?—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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In addition to being inexpensive entertainment, with a low bar to entry, bowling was familiar to and popular with European immigrant groups, particularly Wisconsin’s German community.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Sep. 2025
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Mastercard is also featured; its Strive program, launched in 2021, helps micro and small business owners access affordable credit and digital tools to manage their finances.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Raines provides comprehensive counsel across key practice areas, including bankruptcy, corporate, entertainment, real estate, litigation, and specialties like fiduciary representation, intellectual property, and affordable housing.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Jarren Duran lined a low single through the left side of the infielder, and Eaton raced home.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Long-term solutions may involve investments in affordable housing and community land trusts to provide sustainable options for low-income families.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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The video highlighting Saylor’s unusual response has proven popular on social media, amassing over 800,000 views already.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Bringing in the designer of the iPhone and the rest of Apple’s most popular products wasn’t an accident.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Dirt cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirt%20cheap. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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