high-ticket
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Stocks such as Harley haven’t recovered as much as others since April’s market lows, kept down by affordability worries—buying a high-ticket item in a time of dogged inflation and higher interest rates.
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
“People have been burned by high-ticket experiences with food incorporated in the past, in which it has maybe not been an equal character in the show,” Bamberg-Johnson says.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
Another high-ticket item was a beehive hairpiece worn by British singer Amy Winehouse for a 2007 music video You Know I'm No Good, from her last album Back To Black.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2023
In buying a majority stake in the powerhouse Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency, François-Henri Pinault showed that high-ticket M.&A. is a game that more than one French luxury billionaire can play.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2023
Designer resale sites like the Real Real and Grailed, which launched in 2011 and 2014 respectively, have made it easier to get a return on the high-ticket items that you splurged on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2019
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