exorbitant
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As Murano island’s glass factories face exorbitant energy costs, a shrinking pool of skilled apprentices and competition from counterfeits, the Seguso brand remains one of the last practitioners of the art form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
SpaceX had barely finished making the most exorbitant market claim in capitalist history before word leaked that Anthropic would make a bigger one.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Paying 6.5% interest rate on a mortgage seems exorbitant compared to the sub-2% rate I can get as a Singaporean back home.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Every developer in America heard about the exorbitant rental rates in Bozeman and how attractive it was to develop here," Corner says.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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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