costly

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And there are more services in place to help those who want to age in place, even if it proves costly and requires planning and thoughtful consideration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Detainees also say food rations were reduced, forcing them to buy costly items at the commissary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Instead of training a neural network entirely on the most complex and computationally costly simulations, the team first trained it on simpler simulations based on ΛCDM.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Juda insisted a costly fuel subsidy and free school meal programme would be maintained, though the scheme has been significantly trimmed.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

She seized a quill pen and printed two lines on a scrap of the curly birch bark which the children collected to use in place of costly paper.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare