exorbitant
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The spidey senses of a Monterey school administrator started tingling when an invoice the food services director submitted for eggs, bacon and potatoes at Costco came with an exorbitant price tag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Cole even launched a bespoke Bananas ticket exchange so fans could sell directly to fans and avoid the exorbitant reseller market that many teams and leagues partner with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Given the exorbitant cost, I doubt we’ll see a wave of pregnancies later in life.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Eight years later, citing exorbitant annual maintenance costs, the government returned the property to the Post Foundation, which put it for sale in 1985 before it was bought by Trump.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
My father never went along, having become an apostate at the age of eight over the exorbitant price of votive candles.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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