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as in popular
being within the financial means of most people
once those electronic devices became affordable, sales skyrocketed
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as in cheap
costing little
they've added some affordable options
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Recent Examples of affordable
According to Bonus Finder, Modesto earned high scores for its nightlife, affordable drink prices, hotel rooms and fast-food meals.
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Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
First, there’s the big-picture problem that the lack of affordable, accessible child care is looking really bad for the health of the city’s economy.
—James Barron, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The first is the most obvious — the front office hopes to stockpile affordable depth by adding several players on rookie scale contracts ahead of the upcoming negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The nonprofit does receive many donations and aims to start building the two affordable housing complexes in the first half of 2026.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
First, there’s the big-picture problem that the lack of affordable, accessible child care is looking really bad for the health of the city’s economy.
—James Barron, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The first is the most obvious — the front office hopes to stockpile affordable depth by adding several players on rookie scale contracts ahead of the upcoming negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The nonprofit does receive many donations and aims to start building the two affordable housing complexes in the first half of 2026.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for affordable
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The regulations also take aim at some of the techniques that have become popular in recent years, such as chumming (the act of throwing bloody fish parts or other bait into the water to attract sharks).—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Milk bath nails have become popular for its sheer milky color worn by celebs like Jennifer Lopez and Meghan Markle.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
14 Apr. 2025
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Their tech lets clothing companies show off a wide variety of sizes and styles—and for a whole lot cheaper.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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In Flacco and Pickett, the Browns have two veteran backups on cheap contracts signed only for 2025.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Once concentrated in specific regions and accessible primarily to an elite class of investors, private markets have seen ground-breaking growth in both geographical reach and investor diversity.—
Hank Boughner,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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In most states, the details are not publicly accessible.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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For American families, this means relatively inexpensive toys could become luxuries.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025
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This adds to development costs and puts a damper on Thunderbolt adoption spreading to budget laptops and other inexpensive products.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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For non-discount customers, PG&E said in an email its typical bill is around $211 per month as of January.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2025
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The average promotion offered to consumers over the notoriously discount laden weekend was 21% at Square sellers, with online and in-store discounts averaging 22% and 21%, respectively.—
Catherine Erdly,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
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Netanyahu was told to be reasonable on Turkey Since the fall of the Assad dynasty in Syria late last year, Israel and Turkey have been competing in the country over their separate interests there.—
Time,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Given that this decline coincided with the large-scale movement of the US Commercial fishing fleet into those waters, the idea that overfishing might have something to do with it seemed a reasonable hypothesis.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Affordable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affordable. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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