as in fortune
a very large amount of money
that enormous diamond ring must have cost a king's ransom
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Recent Examples of king's ransom
Obviously, the cost to acquire Banks would have paled in comparison to the king's ransom Indianapolis paid for Gardner.
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
The king's ransom paid Apple for Google search priority has been called into question due to the government's antitrust case against Alphabet .
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
The king's ransom paid Apple for Google search priority has been called into question due to the government's antitrust case against Alphabet .
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for king's ransom
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Xiao reportedly built his fortune in business with Communist Party leaders and is currently in prison following a high-profile abduction by Chinese agents and subsequent disappearance.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Lilian’s friend had made a fortune in real estate; still, nothing would take the astonishing sting off that loss.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Red, yellow, and white types are often available in a few more varieties than sets and come in bundles of 50 or 60 plants, rubber-banded together.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
27 Feb. 2026
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Plants are sold in bundles of four plants for $12, or $3 per plant, unless otherwise noted.—
Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Try lemons, limes, melons, strawberries, cucumbers, jalapeño slices, or mint leaves for variety.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
25 Feb. 2026
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Stir in 1/2 cup of the parsley and the mint.—
Chadwick Boyd,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Feb. 2026
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With Monday evening performances canceled and piles of snow keeping pedestrians and drivers at bay, total grosses fell to $26,036,589 for the week ending March 1, down from $32M the previous week.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2026
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Reduce clutter by addressing any piles of paper and looking through bathroom products for expired or unused items.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
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The latter was killed in a daring daylight bomb drop in the center of Tehran in a joint US mission with Israel.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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Last May, the Defense Intelligence Agency said in its worldwide threat assessment that Iran had taken actions to reduce the amount of time needed to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a first nuclear device, but the report cast doubt that the country was making bombs.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“King's ransom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/king%27s%20ransom. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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