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sticker shock

noun

  1. unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.



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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of sticker shock1

sticker ( price ) + shock
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Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in ā€œOthello,ā€ George Clooney in ā€œGood Night, and Good Luckā€ and newly minted Oscar-winner Kieran Culkin in ā€œGlengarry Glen Rossā€ allowed producers to create sticker shock on Broadway.

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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.

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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.

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It would have been a totemic "sticker shock" for the White House tumultuous tariff push.

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Fearing Americans will get a sticker shock, Republicans decided to change the scoring rules and use a ā€œcurrent policy baselineā€ instead.

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