lofty
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Though she didn’t quite achieve that lofty number, Kesha still walks away with a very significant profit, earning just under $1.7 million on the price she paid for the dwelling back in 2020.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Talk to the passionate team behind KidSTREAM, a new children’s museum in Ventura County, and they’ll tell you about the many lofty goals they have for the 21,000-square-foot space which opened to the public Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
And a man of 70 could today lock in a lofty payout rate of 9.3%, also the highest in about a generation, and vastly higher than he could have gotten just last fall.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
The cost of living in New York City has soared in recent decades, propelled in part by the lofty earnings of finance workers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Not far from the spot where his crew had made the vessel fast was a cave, open toward the sea and very lofty.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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