big-ticket
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So you need to make a rule outside of this argument: You both sign off on big-ticket decisions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 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
But German factory orders, which track demand that feeds into production, plummeted in August, data published Tuesday showed, driven by a large decline in big-ticket orders such as planes and military vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 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
“A sled’s a big-ticket item. It ain’t no can of green peas. Whatcha got?”
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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