exorbitant
Example Sentences
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Paying 6.5% interest rate on a mortgage seems exorbitant compared to the sub-2% rate I can get as a Singaporean back home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Powell, who was awarded an MBE for his youth sprint coaching nurturing GB athletes, said despite London Diamond League often selling out, some people would still be excluded by the "exorbitant" prices.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
We’ve been tuning in on TV in record numbers and, even at exorbitant prices, helping to sell out our 70,000-some-capacity stadiums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Some skeptics think SpaceX’s exorbitant valuation is much too high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
She reasoned, perhaps, that he did not want to pay the exorbitant rents that everyone was charging now that the world’s fair was under way.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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