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sticker shock
noun
- unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of sticker shock1
Example Sentences
Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in “Othello,†George Clooney in “Good Night, and Good Luck†and newly minted Oscar-winner Kieran Culkin in “Glengarry Glen Ross†allowed producers to create sticker shock on Broadway.
Cars and smartphones with Canadian and Chinese supply chains could be the subject of well-publicized sticker shock; the same goes for Mexican-origin groceries like avocados, strawberries, and Modelo.
For dedicated music fans — the very ones who sustain the Los Angeles entertainment economy that seems to be teetering right now — it’s an easy way to reserve and pay for a ticket without immediate sticker shock.
It would have been a totemic "sticker shock" for the White House tumultuous tariff push.
Fearing Americans will get a sticker shock, Republicans decided to change the scoring rules and use a “current policy baseline†instead.
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