as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
the exorbitantly priced concert tickets had us wondering if we were personally footing the bill for the band's private jet
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Recent Examples of exorbitantly
The pivot was proposed as Riyadh wraps up its year-long review of Neom’s progress, and continues a pattern of belt-tightening across the government’s myriad, exorbitantly expensive investments — which include everything from buying up entire sports leagues and teams to competitive video games.
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Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
That term represents a specific, predatory practice of exorbitantly raising prices during a state of emergency.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
There’s another strain of The Beauty, one developed by an exorbitantly wealthy man who calls himself The Corporation (Ashton Kutcher).
—Barry Levitt, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
Those that need money then turn to informal lenders, who can charge exorbitantly high interest rates.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Because there are no Trader Joe's stores abroad, resale prices, such as those listed for American consumers, are often exorbitantly higher than the price paid in-store.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
If Alabama loses, fans may call for DeBoer to be fired, but that would be exorbitantly expensive for the university.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 19 Dec. 2025
There’s a Sondheimian rhythm to its profanities, and its exorbitantly long music montages swell with unguarded feeling.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Antonoff appeared to rebuff this assertion, especially in light of the way the extremely active resale markets often push prices to exorbitantly high points.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
That term represents a specific, predatory practice of exorbitantly raising prices during a state of emergency.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
There’s another strain of The Beauty, one developed by an exorbitantly wealthy man who calls himself The Corporation (Ashton Kutcher).
—Barry Levitt, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
Those that need money then turn to informal lenders, who can charge exorbitantly high interest rates.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Because there are no Trader Joe's stores abroad, resale prices, such as those listed for American consumers, are often exorbitantly higher than the price paid in-store.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
If Alabama loses, fans may call for DeBoer to be fired, but that would be exorbitantly expensive for the university.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 19 Dec. 2025
There’s a Sondheimian rhythm to its profanities, and its exorbitantly long music montages swell with unguarded feeling.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Antonoff appeared to rebuff this assertion, especially in light of the way the extremely active resale markets often push prices to exorbitantly high points.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorbitantly
Adverb
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Gorman, who was chairman-CEO of Morgan Stanley for 13 years before joining the Disney board in 2024, says that’s overly simplistic for such a complicated business environment.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2026
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Khaby Lame, a Senegalese-Italian influencer with more than 160 million TikTok followers, became an international sensation for his wordless reactions mocking overly complex viral videos.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The total rate that the perihelion advanced by was 5600 arc-seconds per century, and that rate was a little bit too much for Newtonian gravity.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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China has economic leverage over Panama, too.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Originally, this was a great mystery, as cosmic rays were known to be composed almost exclusively of protons, and the theoretical limit on a proton that traveled through intergalactic space should forbid such excessively high energies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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In recent years, Warsh has grown increasingly critical of the Fed, arguing that the institution has become excessively focused on backward-looking economic data rather than anticipating changes, Deutsche Bank analysts said in a December 15 report.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Exorbitantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorbitantly. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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