prohibitively

Example Sentences

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However for most, heat pumps are prohibitively expensive to install.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Americans now spend tens of billions of dollars a year on their animals, and in a country where raising children has become prohibitively expensive, many people lavish their pets instead.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026

While small numbers of private taxis and buses continue to serve other cities, they are prohibitively expensive -- up to 200 times the price of the state alternative.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

That puts it at an advantage in the current artificial-intelligence era, the company said, because it can “provide novel, high-value data that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive or altogether unattainable” for training models.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Since the federal budget that year was less than $7 million, the critics seem to be right when they conclude that the costs were not just daunting but also prohibitively expensive.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis