steep
Example Sentences
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The trains and buses that take tourists to the ancient town have steep ticket prices and can be highly lucrative for operators due to its limited accessibility.
From BBC
The steep gains become even more impressive considering Western Digital’s market capitalization of $61.4 billion.
From Barron's
Weeks later the Hillside Federation appealed the department’s decision, arguing the project was too far down a dead-end road that is too steep and narrow for fire trucks.
From Los Angeles Times
The trains and buses that take tourists to the ancient town have steep ticket prices and can be highly lucrative due to its limited accessibility.
From BBC
That record was steeped in electronics, sharply minimal and utterly of the moment.
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