as in costly
commanding a large price
expensive clothing that only the truly wealthy can afford
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Recent Examples of expensive
Legal work has long been treated as a slow, expensive tax on business growth.
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Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
After the acquisition news, HSBC downgraded the stock to a hold rating from buy, saying the deal was too expensive.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
Substantially damaging or injuring a neighbor's tree could leave you liable to fees or fines for damages, something that can quickly get expensive, according to state law.
—Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Aug. 2025
But perhaps what’s even more interesting is that it’s somehow become less expensive than the $32,780 2011 LEAF.
—New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2025
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Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
After the acquisition news, HSBC downgraded the stock to a hold rating from buy, saying the deal was too expensive.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
Substantially damaging or injuring a neighbor's tree could leave you liable to fees or fines for damages, something that can quickly get expensive, according to state law.
—Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Aug. 2025
But perhaps what’s even more interesting is that it’s somehow become less expensive than the $32,780 2011 LEAF.
—New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for expensive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expensive
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Typically, rocket heat shields require extensive and costly refurbishment or wholesale replacement after flights.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
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SLAPP suits are a type of costly lawsuit used to silence criticism and prevent people from exercising their First Amendment rights through the threat, or actual application of, baseless and expensive legal proceedings.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Best of all, society member experts will be on hand to provide valuable tips on caring for the tropical beauties.—
Laura Daily,
Denver Post,
1 Sep. 2025
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What follows are insights into how founders are telling their stories, adding credibility and authenticity, and gaining valuable learning, and fan support prior to launch.—
Michelle Greenwald,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Smoker said his family was rebooked in premium economy on the new flight out of Newark, New Jersey and the vacation resumed as planned.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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These premium experiences are designed for F1’s wealthiest fans and biggest corporate clients, Gallagher explained.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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Omar’s growing outrage, especially when precious time is lost because of jammed phone lines, troubling silences and false assumptions, rankles Mahdi, the most overstretched of anyone at the call center.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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Actors speak and react to Rajab’s own desperate voice, while the film, set wholly within the Red Crescent’s beigely neutral offices, conjures a fraught ticking-clock atmosphere as precious minutes of inaction pass by.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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During the most devastating financial crisis our country has ever faced — The Great Depression — Chicago held a huge, extravagant event.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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The researchers who discovered the new fossil suggest that the less elaborate armor of later ankylosaurs probably was sufficient for protection, which raises the issue of why anything so bizarrely extravagant would evolve in the first place.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Expensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expensive. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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