prohibitively
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Owning a home is expensive, sometimes prohibitively so, even if you don’t have to replace the roof.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
More broadly, the method could help scientists tackle problems in which successful results are uncommon, the number of possible experiments is enormous, and testing every option would be prohibitively expensive.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Icebreaker ships are relatively few and they are prohibitively expensive.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Those that exceed the limit, however, face a levy of 200% to nearly 300%, making it prohibitively costly for both foreign producers and consumers to sell in Canada.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
This sounds reasonable, but in most cases it’s simply impossible or, what amounts to the same thing, prohibitively expensive.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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