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Enterprise Minister Adam Price told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast the government wanted an energy system that was "clean, cheap and owned by us".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Maybe they can teach me to fix my cheap toaster, so I don’t have to buy another cheap toaster,” she told her friend.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
If the original-format gentrification was all about moving into a neighborhood with cheap rent, this second-wave gentrification is about moving in on taste.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Vikings were able to scoop up the 29-year-old Murray on a cheap deal because the Cardinals are still paying him so much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
It was one of those cheap plastic ones that can deflate like balloons.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
"Because water is generally much cheaper than electricity," companies have less incentive to cut water use on cost grounds alone, said Shaolei Ren, an engineering professor at the University of California, Riverside.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Yet buying portfolio protection through put options on the S&P 500 — derivative contracts that increase in value when the index falls — has been getting cheaper.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Its bug-based protein is used in fish feed, and it’s suddenly cheaper than the main alternative—fishmeal—due to an anchovy shortage resulting from high Pacific temperatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In the US, many data centres are not waiting to build more renewable energy and have found it cheaper to build new gas-fired power stations instead.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Letting the flies live, in her view, was the same as buying cat food, only cheaper.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Users on the free tier or the cheapest paid plan will not get access.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Ticket prices ranged from around $100 to almost $2,000, the cheapest of which sold out within hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: See the cheapest pet insurance options and how their costs compare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The most expensive purchase, she calculates, were the windows at £30,000, while one of the cheapest measures was making the whole house airtight, which cost £5,000.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
I buy the cheapest sack of porridge meal I can find at the market, and a little hope pierces my soul like sun through clouds.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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