big-ticket
Example Sentences
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He also covered other big-ticket items, like the fireworks show, and his team helped plan the event.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
But maybe you can’t rip the beating heart out of the patient and expect it to keep marching in with big-ticket donations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
But he also highlighted a divide between spending on essentials and spending on big-ticket items.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Companies selling directly to consumers are “quite despondent” about doing the same, he said, faced with shoppers who trade down or defer big-ticket purchases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
