dirt cheap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirt cheap
Adjective
  • With a price tag of $99.99, the half-size bottles weren’t exactly cheap by the ounce—but that didn’t prevent stocks from selling out fast, spurred by excellent word of mouth.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Shop the Asus Vivobook Go 15.6-Inch FHD Slim Laptop, which is marked down to its cheapest price of the year.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • This projection appears reasonable considering that the current effective tariff rate of the U.S. has increased five-fold this year to roughly 16% according to the Yale Budget Lab.
    Nick Sargen, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • There were a few reasonable opinion drafts, a couple of speeches with a Q&A transcribed, and one very excellent and complete essay on civil rights.
    Ezra Fox July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Generally considered an inexpensive lower lower-quality wine, more serious wine consumers preferred to continue to purchase wine in a traditional bottle.
    Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
  • Only 55 crossed the finish line and the prizes were recycled trophies and inexpensive wristwatches.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • Yes, many of the top internet providers in North Carolina offer affordable home internet plans to qualifying customers.
    Kara McGinley, USA Today, 8 July 2025
  • With affordable and accessible programming rooted in real-world experience, Valdez is helping to shape a new kind of youth education that blends creativity, entrepreneurship, and digital literacy.
    Katie Salcius, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Europe’s Stoxx 600 index closed 0.06% lower on Monday, after shaving off losses late in the day to finish at a session high.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 July 2025
  • In the United States, a measles outbreak that originated in a part of West Texas that has a low vaccination rate continues to spread, and there have been more measles cases reported in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • The village’s recently opened popular Irish bar, Teehan’s, and the next door restaurant, Durbin’s, also joined the square’s debut celebrations.
    Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
  • In keeping with popular male balms for spiritual suffering, Turner turns to alcohol and functions as a mollusk, socially and professionally; his stoicism is an act, one his peers pick up on, and which some openly deride.
    Andy Crump, Time, 20 July 2025
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“Dirt cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirt%20cheap. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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