as in inexpensively
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Recent Examples of cheaply
To get to their destinations more quickly and cheaply, some Lagosians get on the backs of okadas, or motorcycle taxis.
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Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Given that free-agent wide receivers tend to get paid, Robinson won’t come cheaply.
—Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
With local bond yields above 40% and a central bank backing a stable dollar peg, traders piled in — borrowing cheaply abroad to buy high-yield Turkish assets.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Experts expect solar and battery storage to continue growing in 2026 to add a lot of power to the grid quickly and cheaply.
—Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
Their proponents say these advanced designs promise to deliver megawatts of power safely and cheaply.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Dec. 2025
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft can borrow tens of billions cheaply.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
Near-total capture cheaply To operate the system, flue gas from coal, natural gas, or biomass combustion is cooled and compressed before being fed into an absorption column.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
The announcement piggybacks off of the success of DeepSeek, also reportedly trained cheaply.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheaply
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To this new arena of few big, let alone original, hits; to a place where expensive corporatized storytelling could hold no candle to the quick-turn, inexpensively made short videos young people watched or the quick-turn, inexpensively made long podcasts older people listened to.—
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Second, California doesn’t build anything inexpensively and efficiently.—
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Physically, vertical trackers are better for higher latitudes than horizontal trackers, but economically, the tech failed.—
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While outbreaks can be economically and operationally severe for poultry producers, public health officials emphasize that the overall risk to humans remains low.—
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Both schools shot poorly from 3-point range, with the Trojans at 5 for 32 (16%) while Maryland was 4 for 16 (25%).—
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The index was dragged down yesterday largely because the Mag 7 performed so poorly.—
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In ascending order of serving sizes, the original US food pyramid recommended that fats, oils and sweets be used sparingly, and that dairy products, proteins and nuts be equal components of one’s diet.—
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Instead, active ingredients are selected sparingly and with intention.—
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The family lived frugally, Ferguson said, since Good’s partner sold a company and didn’t work as Good attended graduate school online.—
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Perdue has lived a double life—having access to immense privilege and money from two business empires, while holding down a regular job and living frugally.—
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“Cheaply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheaply. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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