cheap
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“Idiocracy,” on the other hand, was as cheap as the mid-aughts culture it was setting out to satirize.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
If the original-format gentrification was all about moving into a neighborhood with cheap rent, this second-wave gentrification is about moving in on taste.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Vikings were able to scoop up the 29-year-old Murray on a cheap deal because the Cardinals are still paying him so much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
When insurance is this cheap, it’s “a chip shot” to take advantage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
“She’ll fold faster than a cheap lawn chair, baby!” said Kojo.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
It might deny a drug and designate a cheaper one, or it might say a procedure, test or treatment isn’t medically necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Investors have cheered the cuts, seeing them as a sign Volkswagen can cut costs to compete with cheaper Chinese rivals.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Yet buying portfolio protection through put options on the S&P 500 — derivative contracts that increase in value when the index falls — has been getting cheaper.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Kimi was one of a wave of Chinese labs that are open-weight, which means they are generally cheaper and allow for more customization than the closed-source models coming out of Anthropic and OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Lots of neighborhoods have cookie-cutter houses, because it’s cheaper for builders to just use the same design over and over again. It doesn’t mean anything.”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Users on the free tier or the cheapest paid plan will not get access.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
It’s also the cheapest place she has lived in her six years in the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ticket prices ranged from around $100 to almost $2,000, the cheapest of which sold out within hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
And the goal isn’t necessarily finding the cheapest place.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
From Florida to Rhode Island and practically everywhere in between, he was offered in the cheapest claiming races.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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