expensive
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Compared with larger spacecraft, these compact satellites are much less expensive to launch.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Nvidia, which operates a highly profitable business making the expensive chips AI runs on, fell as much as 4% in midday trading Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The careers most directly helped by AI are those where the technology amplifies expensive expertise, e.g., diagnostic medicine, engineering, scientific research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The most expensive tickets ever, expensive accommodation, transport through the roof.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The more rare and expensive a watch, the less he was able to think of it in terms of money.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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