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Recent Examples of prohibitive
By the early ’80s, however, California lawmakers had already begun discussing reforms to the legislation to address its unanticipated consequences — among them, making development a financially prohibitive prospect.
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The Editors, National Review, 2 July 2025
As Adams, Cuomo and Sliwa jockey for moderate or conservative lanes, the Democratic nominee − in this case, Mamdani − is usually the prohibitive favorite in the heavily Democratic city.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 July 2025
The cost of pharmaceuticals has become prohibitive to patients and providers like hospitals, and the huge cost of advertising is wrapped into those costs.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
Under the new bill, three kinds of people will become eligible for an HSA for whom rules had previously been either murky or prohibitive.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 10 July 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 2 July 2025
As Adams, Cuomo and Sliwa jockey for moderate or conservative lanes, the Democratic nominee − in this case, Mamdani − is usually the prohibitive favorite in the heavily Democratic city.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 July 2025
The cost of pharmaceuticals has become prohibitive to patients and providers like hospitals, and the huge cost of advertising is wrapped into those costs.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
Under the new bill, three kinds of people will become eligible for an HSA for whom rules had previously been either murky or prohibitive.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibitive
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The 45-year-old is accused of tricking people into travelling to Indonesia and paying exorbitant fees for non-existent film work, before he was arrested in a hotel in Manchester, England, in November 2020.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
29 July 2025
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Banks may require collateral, impose exorbitant issuance fees or outright reject SME requests.—
Parvez Siddiqui,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The policy and specialist support environment is going to need to become more sophisticated, and more responsive to balancing needs and addressing conflict, unfairness and unreasonable requests / restrictions.—
Nancy Doyle,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Timothy Mousseau, a biologist at the University of South Carolina who studies organisms and ecosystems in radioactive regions, told the Times that the DOE's explanation that the wasps gathered legacy contamination for their homes is not unreasonable.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
4 Aug. 2025
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That makes homeownership increasingly unaffordable for many Americans, as home prices have risen over 50% since 2020.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
31 July 2025
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Housing has become increasingly unaffordable for Americans in recent years.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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Deferred maintenance — already a $3.5 billion backlog — will only grow more expensive.—
Paul Steely White,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Falling gas prices helped keep overall inflation tame in July; however, a broader array of products got even more expensive last month, showing that President Donald Trump’s expansive tariffs are being passed along to consumers.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
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The rapidly dropping cost of inference means that use cases that are uneconomic today may not be six to 12 months in the future.—
Jeffrey Hammond,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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High level indicators of risk include goods being received from unusually complex or apparently uneconomic supply routes, for example, regular supplies of UK produced goods that have been exported from the UK and then re-imported.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Despite strong performances from key players like Phil Foden and Erling Haaland, City's push for a fourth straight league crown was derailed by a few costly draws late in the campaign.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Plastics Technology Readiness Matrix Preserving Social License to Operate As global awareness of environmental justice rises, companies that proactively address community siting, health impacts, and international waste flows will preserve operating licenses and avoid costly litigation.—
Trond Arne Undheim,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Failure to comply can carry steep penalties, with fines ranging from thousands to millions of dollars.—
Sagi Eliyahu,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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By reducing revenue and increasing spending on marquee MAGA priorities, critics say, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill comes at a steep cost to both the social contract and the nation’s long-term economic health.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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Jake Rhodes, a real estate investor with Dynasty, told the city council that the cost will be pricey just to get the feasibility study completed.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Giving people a two-day notice could also encourage them to buy now and clear out Nintendo's stock of older, less pricey Switch consoles.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Prohibitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibitive. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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