big-ticket

Example Sentences

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However, big-ticket repairs may occur sooner if everyday maintenance is delayed too long.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Beginning last year, the company began focusing more on fair financing, or fixed-term and installment-based lending for big-ticket items.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The city recently closed a $1-billion budget shortfall and is facing more fiscal problems as it struggles to provide basic services while taking on big-ticket items like a $2.6-billion expansion of the Convention Center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Agricultural machinery makers tend to see big-ticket purchases such as tractors and combines shrink as high fertilizer costs eat into farm income.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

“A sled’s a big-ticket item. It ain’t no can of green peas. Whatcha got?”

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer