cheap
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He bought the vehicle on the cheap with the intention of fixing it up himself.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The complimentary appetizer that was once cheap enough to disappear into the cost of doing business becomes expensive enough to notice.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Because management deploys capital into both public equities and owning entire businesses, analyst earnings estimates understate how cheap the company is.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The two nations are proposing a new trade tool that would allow the European Union to quickly block cheap Chinese imports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Their daytime schedule was entirely booked, even though talking with the dead did not come cheap.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Italy, despite its much larger debt, now borrows at cheaper rates than France.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Factory efficiency, pricing and vehicle mix, meaning the balance between cheaper and more expensive models, determine how much profit each sale brings in.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Google Maps will now show fuel prices to help motorists find cheaper petrol and diesel in the UK as costs continue to soar.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Sometimes the rides are cheaper than Uber or Lyft, but not always.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Ruth was stunned by this, but Chrissie just went on: “We like buying them in big batches. It’s always cheaper in the long run. And you’ve always got one handy when it’s someone’s birthday.”
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
That still makes Wimbledon the cheapest of the four Grand Slams, but even a Centre Court ticket for the middle Saturday of the tournament now costs at least £130.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“We want to find the cheapest models because our revenue goes up the cheaper the models are,” said Hsu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Transport loads are the cheapest way to buy dyed diesel, he said, with maybe 7,000 to 7,400 gallons per delivery.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Now dad and mom, who have been transporting them around for years in club softball, will have to begin looking for the cheapest flights to Tallahassee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
After lunch, business would die down, and that’s when we’d get our lunch, usually the cheapest thing we could afford, like a smiley with some maize meal.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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