How to pronounce prohibitively
Listen to prohibitively in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“prohibitively” in real sentences
76 clips in the index · 7 American · 42 British · 4 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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equitable, timely, and not prohibitively expensive.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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IKEA doesn't have fire insurance, saying it's prohibitively expensive.
RNZ · hear it here
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As Angus knows, as Chantal knows, electricity in the Caribbean is prohibitively expensive.
British Library · hear it here
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for which the latest drugs are prohibitively expensive this week has seen the final report of
UK Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
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