big-ticket
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In your 20s, as I wrote in my last article, you’re brand new to saving for the future and spending on the big-ticket items, like a car or an apartment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
And it’s important to remember that Tanden has been involved in basically every big-ticket Democratic Party project of her lifetime.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
However, he added that the decline came mostly due to a fall in big-ticket orders, which tend to have little impact on production in the short term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Unlike recent COPs -- where nearly 200 nations forged landmark pacts on phasing down coal or moving away from fossil fuels -- the negotiation agenda at COP31 is light on big-ticket items.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Foster parent groups provided some of the basics, and our sponsors bought the big-ticket items.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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