1
as in cheap
costing little
took an el cheapo vacation, staying at a friend's cabin the whole time
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2
as in terrible
of low quality
he bought el cheapo sneakers from someone on a street corner
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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
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The heiress was involved in a terrible car accident in 1929, which left her with life-long medical issues.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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And keeper Caoimhin Kelleher, once Alisson’s backup with Liverpool, has improved after a terrible start.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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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
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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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The apology came after a sustained campaign by historians and activists who argued that the victims were persecuted for being poor, vulnerable, or simply different.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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As has Mark Flekken, the new goalkeeper, who moved from Brentford and is fortunate not to have lost his place due to poor form.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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FarmVille wasn’t bad, but something was missing.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The asteroid impact triggered one of the planet's worst mass-extinction events, wiping out all dinosaurs but birds.—
DINO GRANDONI THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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That's one child experiencing death by a thousand cuts with these inferior sequels.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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But grit and resolve can only take a team so far when its active roster is inferior to many of its opponents, and that is the situation the red and gold currently face.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“El cheapo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/el%20cheapo. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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