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
Compared to some of the other attempts at purchasing the president’s good will over the past year — like that $400 million jet the Qatari royal family gave him last May — a documentary is dirt cheap.
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
In Vermont, back-to-the-landers bought old hill farms for dirt cheap.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
The highlights include a 98-inch 4K TCL TV that's more than $1,000 off, a DuroMax generator that's about half its usual price, and Blink security cameras being dirt cheap.
—Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
What autonomous car makers really want is a dirt cheap and utterly reliable sensor that complements radar and video cameras.
—Mark Harris, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2016
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Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
In Vermont, back-to-the-landers bought old hill farms for dirt cheap.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
The highlights include a 98-inch 4K TCL TV that's more than $1,000 off, a DuroMax generator that's about half its usual price, and Blink security cameras being dirt cheap.
—Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
What autonomous car makers really want is a dirt cheap and utterly reliable sensor that complements radar and video cameras.
—Mark Harris, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirt cheap
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Strained by tighter budgets and product price increases, more shoppers are willing to ditch their favorite brand for a cheaper alternative, a new study finds.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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The simpler, cheaper, more snow-friendly autonomous driving hardware is welcome, too.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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That would be impossible to spend in any reasonable manner in one lifetime.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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Nobody reasonable wants Sinner, Alcaraz, Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff or the sport’s other biggest stars treated like anonymous qualifiers.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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There are also relatively inexpensive things certain homeowners can do, like install moisture sensors that can help to more quickly identify leaks, Bach said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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The list also includes some relatively inexpensive repair jobs, including four pedestrian bridges in Presidio Park that could each be repaired for about $10,000 or less.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2026
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The affordable passenger train travels between all five mountainous villages in Italy’s Cinque Terre region, running from spring until late fall.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 June 2026
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In that spirit, here are five smaller, more affordable summer music festivals on the Front Range that offer an alternative to big events — and possibly the most bang for your buck.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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The rulings do not clear the former paramedics of wrongdoing but return the cases to the lower court for a possible retrial.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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The tech contagion spread to stocks in Asia, dragging key indexes lower.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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The astronomers’ goal is to get more accurate science into popular culture.—
Alexandra Oliva
June 1,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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They were recruited via a popular online research aid website known as CloudResearch and paid $100 each for participating in and completing the study.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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“Dirt cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirt%20cheap. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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