exorbitant
Example Sentences
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Lacking options, many displaced people therefore have to find relatives who can host them or pay exorbitant rents to landlords, explained Fadi Al-Halabi, executive director in Lebanon of the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Just as things start looking up, Amanda’s car is stolen, left in an illegal spot and towed, and the towing company slaps her with an exorbitant $21,000 bill for circumstances entirely out of her control.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
But the price she paid was exorbitant — in her words, a life “decimated by grief and loss and exile.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
In my quest to prove that quintessentially Parisian experiences can be had without exorbitant fees, I went in search of affordable perfumery workshops.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Those willing to pay the exorbitant fees are shifted backward in time to view history firsthand.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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