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expensive

Definitions

adjective

  1. high in price or charging high prices

Examples

We cannot support all the shops we have already, so a few more very expensive units can only remain empty and unused.

The pills—containing inexpensive potassium iodide, which is the substance used to iodize common table salt—can prevent thyroid cancer by saturating the thyroid gland with a harmless type of iodine, keeping it from absorbing radioactive iodine that might be inhaled or ingested after a radiation release.

Or a pragmatic solution to an expensive problem that has dogged homebuyers for decades?

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