discount
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Finally, after two years in limbo and a tax write-down check successfully cleared, Warner Bros. offloaded the film to Ketchup Entertainment at a discount in early 2025.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Whether you can buy a house at a discount depends on location.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The specific loosening that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants is to count borrowing capacity at the Fed’s discount window toward meeting bank liquidity coverage rules.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
You can even combine them with the 15% student discount.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
I didn't know what kind of training methods Whit had, or what discount aisle Coach found her in, but...dancing?
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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Mobile-communications-service prices jumped 27% from a year earlier, largely due to a low comparison base after domestic mobile carriers offered fee discounts in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Many restaurants offer points, freebies, discounts and birthday treats to keep customers coming back.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
But the balance is delicate: Lean too hard on discounts and Jersey Mike’s risks following Subway’s path, eroding the premium positioning that makes its model work in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He also brought forward a plan to end subscription traps and ban shops using misleading recommended retail prices, which can make it seem like discounts are larger than they really are.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
I’m trying to negotiate a 20 percent price reduction with the fitting room lady when—rotten luck!—Howard shows up and announces that there are no reductions and no employee discounts on clearanced items.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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If they’re still not budging, you can request other concessions, such as a discounted deposit, free parking or a waived pet fee.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
The government-backed website launched earlier this year to connect Americans with discounted prescription drugs.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
At every turn, Ward credited the state’s expert testimony and discounted the testimony of defense witnesses and experts.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Often the first order is free or heavily discounted so you give it a try and tell yourself you'll cancel it before the deadline.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In a second phase of the experiment, the researchers added a twist: Would the value of information be discounted even further—be even more urgent—depending on who it was from?
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Columbia House drew further claims of bad business by allegedly refusing to acknowledge payments, discounting items so that users’ purchases fell just below the agreed-upon threshold and being a notoriously difficult subscription to terminate.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
The new fare options allow airlines to offer more choice to consumers without discounting their premium fares.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
If policymakers issue a forecast, they start crediting evidence that confirms it and discounting evidence that doesn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
In Premier League terms, even when discounting the gulf in experience, Pickford boasts an undeniable edge.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
It is true, perhaps, that I feel some trifling dislike of deer, but no more dislike than I feel for other natural things— discounting men.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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