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Recent Examples of prohibitive
Many felt the Clippers, who also traded for perennial All-Star forward Paul George that same summer, were the prohibitive favorites to win the world title for the 2019-20 season.
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Traditional police dogs can be cost-prohibitive.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2025
People are describing empty markets, or markets where items are just cost-prohibitive and far too expensive.
—Kaity Kline, NPR, 18 Sep. 2025
With the most prohibitive debt burden across all generations and high rates of unemployment, young people are overwhelmed.
—Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Traditional police dogs can be cost-prohibitive.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2025
People are describing empty markets, or markets where items are just cost-prohibitive and far too expensive.
—Kaity Kline, NPR, 18 Sep. 2025
With the most prohibitive debt burden across all generations and high rates of unemployment, young people are overwhelmed.
—Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prohibitive
Adjective
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The Bypass, too, sees little traffic despite its exorbitant cost.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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These generous subsidies were always a wildly expensive and irresponsible fix for the exorbitant premiums that Obamacare itself brought about.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The influencer, who was in her 20s and had garnered over 300,000 followers on TikTok, allegedly wanted to cut ties with Choi due to his coercive instructions and unreasonable scheduling, according to the reports.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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As Philadelphia gears up for hopefully a return to the playoffs in 2025-26 (although title expectations would be probably an unreasonable expectation now), the team is not being particularly precious with its previous rotational thoughts.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Without the tax credits, health insurance premiums are projected to increase by an average of 93%, making coverage unaffordable for millions.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, spending by low-income consumers is deteriorating, hurt by unaffordable housing and a jobs market, the main driver of income and spending, that’s showing signs of weakening.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For a ski station closer to Tokyo and less expensive than Niseko, try Nekoma Mountain in Fukushima province.—
Kristin Braswell,
AFAR Media,
7 Oct. 2025
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In typical hypercar fashion, the car just sat there in the parking lot looking pretty and expensive during the parade and didn't move.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
6 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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The verdict is still out as to whether September’s pullback in cattle futures is a temporary pause in an ongoing climb higher or the first sign of lasting relief in a costly beef cycle.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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But its stock’s advance has lagged that of rival GM as costly recalls to fix quality defects have detracted from Farley’s strategic refocusing and efforts to improve profit margins.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Similar protests occurred in Brazil over steep living costs and poor healthcare and education ahead of the country hosting the 2014 World Cup tournament.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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This figure marks a steep decline from last year’s already historic low of 31%, and continues a nearly five-decade slide from the high of 68% recorded in 1972.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Most measures are screaming that the S&P is insanely overpriced.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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The 2025 Wrangler Rubicon 4xe is absurd, impractical, overpriced, and an odd combination of power – which is exactly why people should love it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Prohibitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibitive. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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