discount
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If you would like to subscribe to Slate Plus and the many riches it offers, use promo code SURGE25 at checkout for a 25 percent discount on a full-year subscription.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
She gave aura but also advice about where to find discount shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Motability scheme, operated by a private company overseen by a charity, has historically given disabled people in receipt of eligible welfare benefits a 20% VAT discount on cars.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
High-multiple growth stocks often derive much of their valuation from cash flows expected far in the future, rather than earnings today, and elevated interest rates discount future cash flows more steeply.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Which wouldn’t be so bad, as she told herself; at least she’d get a discount on everything.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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But he added the company has managed the brand’s popularity well, limiting store openings and resisting discounts to preserve Onitsuka Tiger’s luxury cachet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Many restaurants offer points, freebies, discounts and birthday treats to keep customers coming back.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Many new restaurants will offer discounts in a bid to encourage diners to try them out and spread the word that they've opened for business.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
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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On the first day of the year Cembalest encouraged investors to reduce the overweight on U.S. equities versus the rest of the world, motivated primarily by the latter’s heavily discounted valuations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The government-backed website launched earlier this year to connect Americans with discounted prescription drugs.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Phil has been offering discounted tickets since the 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The trade body has called for a flexible discounted tariff for those most in need, funded by taxation.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Garry Kasparov, the reigning champion, was one who discounted the match’s significance.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The company began its test by discounting the price of its Halo Glow Skin Tint by $4, Fields said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Even as propaganda, it was pretty dumb — never discounting for currency fluctuation, alternative sourcing or domestic capacity increases, to name a few counterindicators.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
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
In Premier League terms, even when discounting the gulf in experience, Pickford boasts an undeniable edge.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
It was still not dark enough for Quentin to start, not yet dark enough to suit Miss Coldfield at least, even discounting the twelve miles out there and the twelve miles back.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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