pricey
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Such drones have also forced the U.S. and its allies to burn through pricey interceptors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Instead, it’s provided a pricey lesson in the value of fighting for the protection of political speech.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Millions of consumers over the last decade have migrated from pricey packages offered by Spectrum and other cable companies to lower-cost streaming options.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Haber said he believes the loss of tax revenue from fewer people purchasing pricey homes in New York would offset the effects of the pied-à-terre tax.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
She lived in one of the pricey rooms on the first floor with her husband, Mr. Nash, who worked as a photographer on State Street.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
One problem is that even high-end EVs can get COEs traditionally meant for small cars, which in some auctions made those certificates pricier than COEs meant for larger, luxury cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Or you can find a cheaper booking on your own and ask the agent to swap out the pricier item in your itinerary.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The weak performance highlights the headwinds Xiaomi continues to face across its major businesses, with pricier memory chips still pressuring smartphone margins, and reduced consumer subsidies adding to already subdued demand in China’s consumer-electronics market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
If he was to irrigate all his crops to keep them alive, the costs would be so high his cauliflowers, spuds and carrots would be far pricier than supermarket alternatives.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
US President Donald Trump is under pressure to respond to the increasing success of Chinese AI models that many companies prefer to the more powerful, but pricier, US versions from Anthropic or OpenAI.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The priciest options are designed especially for athletes, and Dos Santos -- who himself lost two legs in a car accident -- has visited this cohort following the quakes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The top 10% of priciest listings in that market start at $750,510, almost half the $1.21 million national entry point.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Those markets are already among the priciest in Southern California and I can only imagine that will continue with this new wealth creation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
A consumer is demanding that Anthropic reimburse customers of its priciest artificial intelligence subscription plans, alleging in a new lawsuit that the company oversold the usage allowances it offered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Once a lonely outpost, Sing Sing now occupies fifty-five acres of prime real estate in suburban Westchester, one of the priciest counties in the United States.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
