variants
or less commonly pricy
pricier; priciest
Examples of pricey in a Sentence
The car is a little pricey.
a small boutique selling pricey women's clothing
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Although the company could reduce costs by up to 10% if the manufacturing were scaled out to hundreds of thousands of units, the resulting phone would still be pricey.
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 23 June 2025
The bill — signed in Clearwater on the eve of the four-year anniversary of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South — doesn’t include any new money to help finance pricey and mandatory repairs.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
Nuclear systems are pricey, and Park estimates that a new ship would cost double or perhaps even triple the price of a standard cargo ship.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
Like any other city hub, the hotel options can be pricey and room merely functional.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2025
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Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 23 June 2025
The bill — signed in Clearwater on the eve of the four-year anniversary of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South — doesn’t include any new money to help finance pricey and mandatory repairs.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
Nuclear systems are pricey, and Park estimates that a new ship would cost double or perhaps even triple the price of a standard cargo ship.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
Like any other city hub, the hotel options can be pricey and room merely functional.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for pricey
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“Pricey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pricey. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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