as in cheap
of low quality
a store full of low-rent items
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Recent Examples of low-rent
The result can be really low-rent stuff appearing on a publisher's pages.
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Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2024
The film comes to seem like a low-rent mix of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
And while Benedict Cumberbatch is always a welcome presence onscreen, his version of Strange continues to be little more than a low-rent Tony Stark.—E.D.
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—Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 23 July 2024
Warren Beatty plays McCabe, a drifter and fast-talker who falls in with, and falls in love with, Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), a madam who offers to improve business at his low-rent brothel.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
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Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2024
The film comes to seem like a low-rent mix of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
And while Benedict Cumberbatch is always a welcome presence onscreen, his version of Strange continues to be little more than a low-rent Tony Stark.—E.D.
18.
—Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 23 July 2024
Warren Beatty plays McCabe, a drifter and fast-talker who falls in with, and falls in love with, Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), a madam who offers to improve business at his low-rent brothel.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-rent
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The trade-off for the cheaper prices comes in slower shipping speeds.Katie Tarasov,Devan Burris, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
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But coal has been losing ground in recent years, as the U.S. has steadily come to rely more on cheap natural gas and renewable energy sources — and less on coal.Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Now research is finding that specifically working nights and rotating shift schedules can leave people susceptible to depression and poor health.Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Bringing him in would allow the team to feel better about the shortstop position despite his poor production from last year.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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That would be a terrible mistake, the Fienberg brothers argued in a Dec. 17 letter that addressed only Bowers’s federal death sentence.David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
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People talk about the terrible twos, but she’s found her foothold in that kind of behavior, and there’s just no reasoning with her.Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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Instead, with a strong enough resume, teams that view the National Championship as a possibility every season can give themselves more avenues to reach the postseason, even if they are caught sleeping against an inferior opponent.Tyler Small, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Because top military brass deemed Black people generally inferior, many doubted a successful outcome to clearing endless piles of mail.Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Millennial comedians let rotten bureaucrats go unprotested.Armond White, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
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However, if the new Council commission ended up pushing rotten ideas like getting rid of term limits, then the mayor’s commission could issue their own proposals, which would automatically supersede the Council’s measures from the ballot.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Unfortunately, there is no masking overly bitter notes of a bad olive oil.Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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The political chaos is compounded by the country’s worst civil aviation accident after a Jeju Air flight crashed on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people on-board.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Asia, 30 Dec. 2024
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Find it on Amazon Handmade Kent 9T Graphite Hair Comb for Gentle Untangling Handmade from cellulose acetate, this saw-cut comb gently glides through short, long, straight, curly, fine, and coarse hair to tenderly undo tangles and remove knots.Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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Salt And Oil Some cooks like to use coarse salt to remove stubborn messes on cast iron.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
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That’s because mycoplasma isn’t affected by these common antibiotics.Alice Park, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Here are common treatments and strategies:3 Medications Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like Advil (ibuprofen) or Aleve (naproxen) can help reduce pain and inflammation.Sarah Jividen, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Low-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-rent. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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