exorbitantly

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Recent Examples of exorbitantly Solid Wood Furniture Solid wood furniture is exorbitantly expensive now, so don’t ever throw it out. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026 In 1969, a Miami News report cited her exorbitantly expensive rates—up to a thousand dollars for a single birth-chart analysis. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 An era of exorbitantly expensive venues is in full swing. — Steve Doerschuk, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The pivot was proposed as Riyadh wraps up its year-long review of Neom’s progress, and continues a pattern of belt-tightening across the government’s myriad, exorbitantly expensive investments — which include everything from buying up entire sports leagues and teams to competitive video games. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026 That term represents a specific, predatory practice of exorbitantly raising prices during a state of emergency. — Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026 There’s another strain of The Beauty, one developed by an exorbitantly wealthy man who calls himself The Corporation (Ashton Kutcher). — Barry Levitt, Time, 22 Jan. 2026 Those that need money then turn to informal lenders, who can charge exorbitantly high interest rates. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026 If Alabama loses, fans may call for DeBoer to be fired, but that would be exorbitantly expensive for the university. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorbitantly
Adverb
  • Elsewhere, Julia Fox erupted on the scene, sporting skinny brows, overly blushed cheeks, black liner and glossed lips, no less.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Excessive regulations and overly stringent environmental laws make construction difficult, reducing supply and making homes too costly for most Californians.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Jaguar’s customers were also aging, and its competition—previously BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, Audi, and the like—were going electric, too.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But even with 22 tracks to work with, the sound too often defaults to a similar muted backdrop, which blurs some of the less distinct songs together.
    — Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • OpenAI’s 2025 rollback of an excessively agreeable GPT-4o update illustrates a different type of evaluation challenge.
    — Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • This term means correcting people’s mistaken beliefs about what their peers normally do, like regularly drinking excessively.
    — Pietro A. Sasso, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Exorbitantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorbitantly. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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