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expensive

[ik-spen-siv] / ɪkˈspɛn sɪv /


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I cook everything I can get from the expensive grocer near Hillcrest, but I want to cook something Bengali.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Both released ads this week that neatly laid out the contours of the expensive contest to come.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

"It doesn't require the use of a lot of expensive equipment, you don't necessarily need to have any equipment to start off with," she said.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

EVs are more expensive than the average car, which is also expensive.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Penelope asked, for after her painful lesson of the previous day, she knew it would be optoomuchstic to try to find Lord Fredrick’s club by, say, following the smell of expensive cigars.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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