dearer
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Meanwhile, what got cheaper diverged sharply from what got dearer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"You can give away lots of points, but if you're £5 dearer than your competitor, people will swap anyway."
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
"Of course Gaza is dearer than here, but there, there is no home left, nothing."
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
But in 2023, artists also took another step in reclaiming aspects of our humanity and holding them a little dearer.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023
Kings made tombs more splendid than houses of the living, and counted old names in the rolls of their descent dearer than the names of sons.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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