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Recent Examples of overpriced
Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
Home prices, which rose 59% nationwide in the years after the pandemic, are considered overpriced.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Where some vintage stores feel overcrowded and overpriced, Bad Madge offers gifts that are thoughtfully displayed and sold in a wide price range.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025
Brendan McDermid | Reuters Wall Street veteran Jeffrey Gundlach said many assets are extremely overpriced right now, urging investors to keep about 20% of their portfolios in cash to protect against a major downturn.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
Halloween now ranks up with Mother’s Day and Father’s Day for annual spending, and nobody has to buy any Halloween presents or go to an overpriced brunch.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 28 Oct. 2025
To many listeners, Powell was saying stocks are overpriced.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Gone are the days of paying for overpriced coffee shop matcha.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
Band members had a day or so to do a few touristy things, like pay a visit to the Rainbow Bar & Grill, famous as a hangout for British rock stars like Led Zeppelin and Keith Moon of the Who, and get scammed by a shop that sold them overpriced, faulty cameras.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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Peel away the crowds, the tourist tax, and the overpriced (and too frequently, subpar) dining, and what’s left?
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpriced
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As for the least expensive month, September tends to be the cheapest time to visit, along with August.—
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Traditional humanoid robots depend heavily on data collected by human operators, which is slow and expensive.—
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But investors are increasingly getting cold feet, concerned that some technology stocks might be overvalued.—
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Whether stocks are overvalued—especially tech stocks—has been a running theme in the equity markets all year long.—
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Despite the Black Friday-esque lines, limited quantities and third-party resellers listing the bags for exorbitant prices, the tote is considered a must-have as fans show up each time a new batch is released in-store.—
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But that would be a mistake, especially for those investors who need the portfolio protections silver can offer without having to pay the exorbitant price gold mandates now.—
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The schematic advantage might also be overrated.—
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All that crowing about going to the movies for the communal experience is overrated.—
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Inflation made basic goods unaffordable for millions.—
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The fees make housing unaffordable, pushing out existing owners and renters, but the fees also cause property values to decline as would-be buyers balk at outrageous monthly fees on top of high housing prices.—
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And the final 2024 revision, issued in February, showed that the 2024 data was overestimated by only 589,000 jobs.—
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And Russia’s economic might is also often overestimated.—
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In my experience, the number one reason people back away from bridge financing is prohibitive expenses.—
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Cost compared to Western Europe or North America For many patients from the UK, Europe or the US, the price of a high-quality hair transplant at home can be prohibitive.—
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The balloon is inflated to about 160 cc or more, gently spreading the tissue without cutting.—
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And no, that’s not scaffolding law, which the city recently reformed, but an arcane state labor law that has exponentially inflated the cost of construction beyond reason for decades.—
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“Overpriced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overpriced. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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