- a variation of pricey.
pricy
Americanadjective
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Fisker’s bankruptcy left its customers with pricy cars reliant on software updates that were no longer available.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
As a result, many grads took out mortgage-sized debts to pursue pricy degrees, many of which don’t pay off in future income.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Are there pricy holiday traditions you can’t imagine living without?
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2025
Meta told the Verge that they costs about $10,000 per pair to make because the lenses for the current prototypes are made with pricy silicon carbide.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2024
Varieties: The best are the very pricy Armado series sold by Territorial.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Solomon, Steve
US President Donald Trump is under pressure to respond to the increasing success of Chinese AI models that many companies prefer to the more powerful, but pricier, US versions from Anthropic or OpenAI.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
In fact, the building's own website completely omits the discount grocer from its curated online neighbourhood guide, choosing instead to highlight pricier nearby options like Whole Foods and Brooklyn Fare.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
It turns out that switching the signature on corporate emails is a much pricier task than one would assume.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The figure for Amazon, which runs a similar collection of businesses, is a pricier 27.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Fast forward 32 years and things have become a lot pricier.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
The top 10% of priciest listings in that market start at $750,510, almost half the $1.21 million national entry point.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Those markets are already among the priciest in Southern California and I can only imagine that will continue with this new wealth creation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Goldman Sachs fell more than 2%, which weighed on the Dow as the investment bank carries the priciest stock on the price-weighted index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
The highlights of my stays, from the priciest to the cheapest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Then she mutters, “The priciest priceless little Penny ever.”
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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