How to Use big-ticket in a Sentence

big-ticket

adjective
  • Kohl, though, is the big-ticket item.
    — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
  • But don’t feel forced to do big-ticket items that might need more work.
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 29 June 2024
  • The big-ticket event, of course, was Nvidia.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Try to avoid buying big-ticket items in a rush.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Other big-ticket items bit the dust this year.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Here was the chance to give him a showcase in a big-ticket movie.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • In my opinion, the real stars of the sale have been big-ticket items.
    — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 10 July 2025
  • But the emphasis on big-ticket items and sports tourism just doesn’t work.
    — Dennis Barone, Hartford Courant, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t miss out on Amazon’s hottest deals on these big-ticket items.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • The prices of other big-ticket items, like strollers, are soaring.
    — Lindsay Owens, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
  • The 49ers have stayed out of the big-ticket free agents ever since.
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The series will have a big-ticket soundtrack.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Scammers will then use your credit card number to buy big-ticket items.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
  • Electronics are often a big-ticket item, but there are ways to save.
    — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 24 July 2025
  • Here are the latest markdowns on our favorite big-ticket items.
    — Ian Salisbury, wsj.com, 14 Nov. 2023
  • For more on that one and other big-ticket items at Rendez-vouz, click here.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
  • Maybe Beane could work some contract magic for a big-ticket free agent, fans hoped.
    — Tim Graham, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The big leap forward should come when some big-ticket telescopes come online in the next decades.
    — Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
  • On the home front, plenty of big-ticket items are marked down, like this Casper mattress.
    — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Here’s a look at the big-ticket items from the more than two dozen tax laws that are expiring at the end of next year.
    — Tobias Burns, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
  • This most recent incident is the latest big-ticket heist to make the news.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Granted, there are plenty of big-ticket matchups to go, so that record isn’t likely to hold for very long.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Naples, on Florida‘s Gulf Coast, has been a nexus of big-ticket home sales this year.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Consumers can already choose to buy and sell things — even big-ticket items like cars — with the touch of a button.
    — Maria Williams, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Keep scrolling for more big-ticket items that are actually worth buying right now.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Retail sales, especially of big-ticket items, such as cars, have gone down a bit.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s a splurge-worthy, big-ticket luxury item for the beauty maven in your life.
    — Paula Lee, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2024
  • With the wealth techies had hoped to use now gone, some are delaying big-ticket expenses like homes.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 8 May 2023
  • Now’s the time to score big-ticket items for less, including Apple tech.
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • There’s been a lot of attention on how these tariff wars will impact big-ticket items like cars and tech.
    — Korin Miller, Flow Space, 17 Apr. 2025

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