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Recent Examples of unaffordable
Half of all renters pay ‘unaffordable’ rents More than 22 million American households spend at least 30% of their income on rent and utilities, as of 2022, a record high, according to a 2024 report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
California home sales are falling as property insurance becomes increasingly unaffordable, a new report from the California Association of Realtors has found.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Basically, coastal cities have always been unaffordable.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
The board is divided into three districts, and Rogers’ 3rd District encompasses much of Chicago’s West and South sides and most of the south suburbs, where homeowners have been hammered with unaffordable tax increases, made worse by action at the Board of Review.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
California home sales are falling as property insurance becomes increasingly unaffordable, a new report from the California Association of Realtors has found.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Basically, coastal cities have always been unaffordable.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
The board is divided into three districts, and Rogers’ 3rd District encompasses much of Chicago’s West and South sides and most of the south suburbs, where homeowners have been hammered with unaffordable tax increases, made worse by action at the Board of Review.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffordable
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Discontent with crime, homelessness and exorbitant gas prices remain sore spots for voters, despite Newsom’s attempts to address them.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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While people can buy coverage directly through an insurer, the cost is often exorbitant and usually not an option for undocumented immigrants, Pillai said.Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Current prices are prohibitive for many insurers, businesses and government payers.Mike Allen, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
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The program involves significantly more paperwork and an insured revenue cap that doesn’t always cover the entire farm’s revenue, which can be prohibitive to insurance agents in selling and farmers in buying the policy, Layher said.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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The results have been a large increase in energy costs for households and industry, driven by levies to subsidise uneconomic generation, and rising volatility in electricity markets accompanied by a higher risk of power outages in future.Gordon Hughes, National Review, 13 May 2024
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Car-makers have warned that U.K. electric-vehicle manufacturing may become uneconomic under the existing U.K.-EU trade deal, which from 2024 requires 45% of the value of EVs to come from the U.K. or EU to avoid tariffs.WSJ, WSJ, 2 June 2023
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At Soar, students are able to move around and be supported as individuals, rather than being forced to comply with conventional classroom standards that can be developmentally unreasonable.Kerry McDonald, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Bill Nicholson Martinez Congress must retain constitutional authority Will Congress stand up to President-elect Donald Trump’s unreasonable request to make recess appointments?Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 20 Nov. 2024
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The outlet said that the move came after a close review of Amazon’s programming costs across its entertainment portfolio, prompted by several expensive series that failed to connect with audiences.Bruce Gil, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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And inefficiency gets very expensive when homes sit on the market.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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While East Bay residents undoubtedly appreciate the agency’s focus on zero emission technologies, pursuing two such options (in addition to hybrid diesel buses) is costly because each requires its own power infrastructure.Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Boeing Striking workers at Boeing voted Monday to accept the company’s most recent offer, ending the costliest strike in the US in more than 25 years.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Super Micro’s stock is currently trading at $27, representing a steep decline of 78% from its March peak of $123.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, the locations where the TV action was filmed have already seen a steep uptick in website traffic.Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK, theweek, 19 Nov. 2024
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Blood tests, which can be pricey and aren’t always covered by insurance, were also less cost-effective than other methods, the researchers found.Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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But some online shoppers said they’ve also been allowed to keep more pricey products.Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Unaffordable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffordable. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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