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How to use the word unaffordable in a Sentence?

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It’s time to name names about these programs and have a frank conversation about the root causes of unaffordable student debt, we plan to ask the colleges with programs that land on the list to provide an improvement plan, and we’re considering regulatory steps to warn students about these programs before they enroll. For the next 30 days, we will be inviting public comment on how to best build this list.

James Kvaal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Many people use buy now and pay later to stack their purchases through multiple vendors, because of the lack of underwriting and the consideration of whether or not they can pay for these items, it becomes really unaffordable for them.

Nadine Chabrier

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In the current hot market, people who have traditionally enjoyed homeownership can capitalize on those gains to realize new opportunities, meanwhile, the market becomes increasingly unaffordable, and the obstacles greater, for those trying to enter the market.

Bryan Greene

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Low-income families live paycheck to paycheck, so something has to give, based on our surveys, when families face unaffordable bills they cut back on essential purchases including food, medicine and clothing.

Mark Wolfe

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Necessities that some may take for granted — an Internet connection to make an appointment online ; a car to drive to a large-scale vaccination site ; the time it takes to navigate complex systems — are unaffordable for millions.

Julie Morita

Found on CNN
3 years ago

You dont blow a hole in the budget with an unnecessary and unaffordable tax cut for the very wealthiest.

Pete Buttigieg

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

These unjust and harmful sanctions are destroying the economy and currency of Iran, driving millions of people into poverty and making imported goods unaffordable.

Idriss Jazairy

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I believe this bill, in its current form, will lead to the loss of coverage and make insurance unaffordable for too many Americans, particularly for low-to-moderate income and older individuals.

Charlie Dent

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We think that unemployment (resulting in decreased income) could render fruits and vegetables and other more healthful foods unaffordable. This would likely lead to increased consumption of cheaper, highly processed convenience foods (e.g. boxed macaroni and cheese).

Vanessa Oddo

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Lengthy bureaucratic procedures and additional health care fees pose huge obstacles to those of them requiring medical treatment, the user fees imposed by Jordan may not appear to be high but are unaffordable for most refugees who are struggling to feed their families, and leave many unable to access the critical care they need.

Sherif Elsayed-Ali

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Flint City Council originally voted to move away from Detroit Water and Sewerage Department in large part because water rates for residents were unaffordable. Therefore the data in the report is not surprising.

Anna Heaton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Commercially, technically the project remains one that the government supports fully, except for the fact that government's 44 percent share of the project is now unaffordable to us.

Obeth Kandjoze

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If America is to cure Alzheimer's, cancer, diabetes and HIV in the years ahead, these cures must not be unaffordable and beyond the reach of most Americans.

Ron Wyden

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Those areas are starting to attract more commuters as prices reach unaffordable levels, the economy is strong and the jobs are there.

Jeffrey Michael

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

They would lose their subsidy, and if they lost their subsidy, (their coverage) would become unaffordable. And most of those people would potentially become uninsured.

Secretary Sylvia Burwell

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is precedent setting and it breaks every financial model known to man, the pay-per-view is $ 100, the tickets are almost unaffordable for even the millionaire fight fan.

Rick Horrow

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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