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Expensive is relative - alcohol can be pricey, taxis are cheap. —
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Cermele: Name The Fish, Win Expensive Lures | Field & Stream
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(Expensive, that is, dollar-wise, though much more economical in the long run when compared to the health, safety, waste, and fuel costs associated with "cheap" food.)
Susie Middleton: The True Cost -- and Reward -- of Fresh Food: Time Well Spent 2009
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The money for the legal defence came from a budget section inside the Attorney-General's Department known as the Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund.
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The money for the legal defence came from a budget section inside the Attorney-General's Department known as the Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund.
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The money for the legal defence came from a budget section inside the Attorney-General's Department known as the Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund.
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According to what's known as the Expensive Tissue Hypothesis, early humans compensated for the energy used in their heads by cutting back on the energy used in their guts; as man's cranium grew, his digestive tract shrank.
The New Yorker Elizabeth Kolbert 2009
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An 'Expensive' Way to Reduce Emissions To address the issue, the Obama administration said Thursday it will allow consumers to use "cash for clunkers" vouchers to buy vehicles ordered from the factory.
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" "Expensive," Hwoshien commented, "but with the produce and booty of an entire town to pay for it, such an operation would be immediately profitable.
Cachalot Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1980
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"Expensive," he repeated musingly, as if that idea had never until then occurred to him.
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871
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