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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Currently, about 300,000 Arizonans earn too much to receive Medicaid help, but don't have affordable insurance options through work.—
Amanda Luberto,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Investigators have not determined the exact cause of the explosion and partial collapse of the 20-story affordable housing building on Alexander Avenue.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 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 products—ranging from popular State Fair corn dogs to Jimmy Dean pancake and sausage sticks—are being removed from shelves after multiple injury complaints, according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Seven years after his popular debut, Sorry to Disrupt the Peace, Cottrell announced his new novel Afternoon Hours of a Hermit.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Dirt cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirt%20cheap. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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