expensive
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I’ve looked into long-term-care insurance, but the premiums are so incredibly expensive, and I worry about what they’ll cost by the time it makes sense for me to seriously consider a policy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Glater said the task force had proposed UC build its own exam, but that the idea “was determined to be too difficult, too expensive to do.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
They have argued that relying solely on putting cables underground is prohibitively expensive and disruptive.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
One time, both mother and daughter ordered the most expensive dessert at about $16 each only to eat half of one and left the other — that kind of waste.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
That was a lot of cattle for them—it’s an expensive school.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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