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Jauregui said he didn’t know how costly the financing would be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The lack of movement in the labor market is very costly.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Although the money can at times save a struggling business, California lawmakers and bankruptcy lawyers say the terms and costly payback conditions can also thrust mom-and-pop shops into financial turmoil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

He pointed out that the crash he had in Canada when he hit a groundhog had been costly because there was a new engine in the car that weekend, which was written off.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

It would be costly politically for anyone to ignore or discount black people’s needs and concerns.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Along with making those companies’ borrowing costlier, it raises a bigger question: How much more expensive can financing get before it starts to slow the AI build-out?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Also, the process to execute inmates on death row has grown longer and costlier, as appeals helped push up the average age at execution to nearly 60 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Mejuri, a jeweler that built a following among young women with pieces worn by the likes of Taylor Swift, was already feeling the pain of costlier gold when prices touched $3,000 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

AI companies could try to make models that generate more faithful and human-readable representations of their activity, but even if they succeeded, they would be costlier and much more difficult to train, says Kambhampati.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But they bowed to Sproul’s judgment that losing Lawrence would be even costlier, and voted to cover all the annual operating and maintenance costs that Lawrence had budgeted for the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

This is probably the least costly option, but also the costliest politically.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

But they are also less disposable than other weapons, among the costliest in Iran’s arsenal to produce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Burns: It is one of the costliest mistakes investors make.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

Hurricanes still drive high premiums: 46 of the 50 costliest counties nationwide, mostly strung along the Gulf Coast, count hurricanes as their primary threat, according to the Journal’s analysis of data from price-comparison firm Insurify.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

I figure it’s probably the costliest portable item in the entire Clearview Inn, so I hesitate to leave it in my room for the nine or so hours while I’m away at work.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich