big-ticket
Example Sentences
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It is certainly a dramatic transformation away from expensive big-ticket items like destroyers, towards large numbers of much cheaper and more expendable weapons.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Eventually, the city established the Charter Reform Commission, made up of volunteers, to discuss big-ticket items including council expansion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Behind the demand for members-only race courses is a sharp rise in sales of big-ticket, high-performance automobiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Its IPO is so big that its fast-track inclusion into the Nasdaq 100 has some worried that it will also siphon capital from a host of big-ticket stocks—and may already be doing so.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 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
