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Recent Examples of prohibitive
The founder of a gaming startup with fewer than 50,000 users—an example of a smaller operation that makes geolocation work in its budget—said the cost of the technology is not prohibitive to the operations of their company.
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The cost of college was prohibitive, and many Native American students were also not adequately prepared for college in high school.
—Cynthia Lindquist, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Kirkland Grass-Fed Butter If stocking up on Kerrygold feels cost prohibitive, consider adding Kirkland’s Grass-Fed Butter to your cart.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Thanks to a groundbreaking agreement last summer, Anythink and its Rocky Mountain peers can now get around those prohibitive licensing costs.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
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Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The cost of college was prohibitive, and many Native American students were also not adequately prepared for college in high school.
—Cynthia Lindquist, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Kirkland Grass-Fed Butter If stocking up on Kerrygold feels cost prohibitive, consider adding Kirkland’s Grass-Fed Butter to your cart.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Thanks to a groundbreaking agreement last summer, Anythink and its Rocky Mountain peers can now get around those prohibitive licensing costs.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibitive
Adjective
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The effort paid off, as the retro resulted in a look that’s as close to a crisp vintage ’85 pair fans will get without having to pay exorbitant resale premiums.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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The trick was just finding that next pile of exorbitant wealth and luring it in with our siren song of cultural relevance and creative ambition.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That seems unreasonable given how weak this group has been.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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This decision places an unreasonable financial burden on agencies and managers who are already navigating a fragile market.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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If the area remains unaffordable for many residents, thousands more could leave this year.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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At the center of the government shutdown are Democrats’ demands that the GOP extend Obamacare premiums, warning of severe price hikes without it that will make health insurance unaffordable for many on the Affordable Care Act plans.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By deploying solvers on scalable cloud platforms, firms avoid the need for expensive local hardware, lowering barriers for CAE adoption among businesses.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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Initiative petitions must survive an expensive and time-consuming signature-gathering process to qualify for the statewide ballot.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The domestic fracking boom drove the price of natural gas down and wholesale energy prices down with it, leaving the plant uneconomical, said Tom Content, executive director of the Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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In some, very uneconomical cases, cheap drones have been shot down with interceptor missiles worth millions of dollars.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Deep dive Many people are being drawn to AI chatbots marketed to help with emotional issues as alternatives to costly therapy.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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Our actors already pay significant fees simply to access opportunities — adding another costly layer onto their representatives cannot be justified.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Dragged down by steep declines at its star brand Gucci and a bulging debt load, Kering has also been closing stores, selling real estate and reducing headcount after a dismal start to the year that saw group net profit plummet 46 percent in the first half.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Black Diamond Pursuit Carbon Z Trekking Poles Over rocks and steep gravel and through the edelweiss, these trekking poles were there for me.—
Anna Fiorentino,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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Some CNCs are overpriced, needlessly complex, inaccessible, or some combination of the three.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Gone are the days of paying for overpriced coffee shop matcha.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Prohibitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibitive. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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