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cheap

[cheep] / tʃip /




ADJECTIVE
concerned with saving money
Synonyms


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That is tempting some investors, especially with shares of companies looking cheap after years of a frozen housing market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

In a key scene, the narrator describes a mentor, Franklin, whose words and wisdom wash over Youth “like a Bach fugue creeping out of a cheap car stereo.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

"They are cheap goals. They are messy goals," said Iraola.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Some 93 percent of the cheap packages that arrived in Europe came from China, usually via popular Asian platforms such as AliExpress and Temu.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

I tilt my head down in shame, look at the worn, shaggy orange rug that was too cheap to pass up at a garage sale.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

As the Wall Street saying goes, investors should avoid trying to pick a bottom because cheap can always get cheaper.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

But he said Israel would need to rely more on cheaper artillery or non-sophisticated bombs, further increasing risks of civilian casualties that have enraged international opinion.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Now they have to show they can make life cheaper.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Inflation and economic pressure have led more Americans to eat at home or turn to fast food for a cheaper option, while the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic has curbed customers’ appetites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

And how I got twenty-two cream puffs for two dollars and eighty cents less than I should have—plus two more free, since they come cheaper by the dozen.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

PBMs emerged as intermediaries to help health insurers steer doctors and hospitals to the cheapest drug alternatives and give insurers the concentrated heft that would afford them greater leverage in negotiations with drug manufacturers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

An ETF is the easiest, quickest and cheapest way to invest in a diversified portfolio of Dividend Aristocrats.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The cheapest petrol-powered car in his showroom costs more than $12,000, while the electric cars start at $9,000, making them an increasingly attractive choice.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Can America’s cheapest electric vehicle survive the charging desert of the Deep South?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Of course, as I still had little money, I walked everywhere and sat in the very cheapest seats.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall


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