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expensive

[ik-spen-siv] / ɪkˈspɛn sɪv /


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Expensive GPU-filled servers were overkill, and data-center customers mostly bought CPU servers to run websites, databases, applications, and other traditional workloads.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Expensive watches and luxury wallets and suitcases were also targeted, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Expensive to maintain, a large force would also take 800,000 people out of Ukraine’s economy with its fast-declining population.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Expensive AI workloads are responsible for over 50% of growth at Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure, according to Haissl, meaning that these companies’ cloud business models are shifting to lower returns and heavier depreciation burdens.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

Expensive developments of big houses dotted the sides of those foothills.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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